What soap/cream did you use today?

Shavong soap: ARRAN Sense of Scotland Lochranza Patchouli & Anise Shaving Soap



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Is the bowl actually some kind of stone?   Can you tell us more about the soap?  Tallow?  Vegetable?  How does it perform, etc.


Thanks in advance for your response.

Tedolph 

The Arran soaps are from Scotland. They are vegetable tripple milled hard soaps. The Lochranza and the Machrie, named after places in Scotland. They came in stone resinbowls.

They have beautiful and pleasant fragrances. Not too subtle, but not overpowering either. Just the right amount.

The Lochranza Patchouli and Anise has a warm scent with a woody base of patchouli and vetiver, which is enhanced by the freshness of lemon and grapefruit. Earthy and enigmatic.

The Machrie Seasalt and Rockrose simply smells beautifully clean and crisp. Machrie is a balance of sea salt and clary sage, stirred with the woody earthiness of rockrose.

They are very economical soaps. It takes less than 1 gram or very few turns on the soap to get a full bowl of perfect lather (or on the face, depending on how you lather). The lather is rich, full of cushion, provides excellent glide and ghost lather. The aftercare is brilliant.

Unfortunately, the hard soaps in stone bowls have been discontinued by ARRAN. Both, the bowls and the refill pucks are also no longer available in Europe or very hard to find. I think I saw some at Bullgoose.

There are still the shaving creams with the fragrances available. However, I do not know how they perform.

I love these two fragrances so much that I stocked up about one pund of each before they were no longer available.

Stirling Beeswax Unscented

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Oh I love the old ways.  I love my Ford 8N tractor. I very much enjoy my old hatchets and axes. My newest pocket knife is a 20 year old bench made and the other knives I have for my pocket are Old Timer and Uncle Henry stockman style knives, one of which has likely changed well over 1000 head of bulls to steers.  I like my old forged head shovel because it’ll work where stamped steel heads won’t.  I have old fencing pliers, old handyman jacks, a 59 Westerner Camp trailer, a 1951 Winchester 30-30. I like old because I can fix it without any electronic doodads. I like it because as far as tools go they really don’t make em like they used to. I like the relationship my Dad had with me where there was never any question that man I loved was not my contemporary.  I loved the roles my parents played and their desire to work through any rough patch.  Tabac is old school and that is part of its appeal.  It just works. It unapologetically smells manly. Oh I’m so glad for the new puck sitting vacuumed in the garage fridge.

Love this scent….lights me on fire.  Glad you get to use it though and wish I could

Oh I love the old ways.  I love my Ford 8N tractor. I very much enjoy my old hatchets and axes. My newest pocket knife is a 20 year old bench made and the other knives I have for my pocket are Old Timer and Uncle Henry stockman style knives, one of which has likely changed well over 1000 head of bulls to steers.  I like my old forged head shovel because it’ll work where stamped steel heads won’t.  I have old fencing pliers, old handyman jacks, a 59 Westerner Camp trailer, a 1951 Winchester 30-30. I like old because I can fix it without any electronic doodads. I like it because as far as tools go they really don’t make em like they used to. I like the relationship my Dad had with me where there was never any question that man I loved was not my contemporary.  I loved the roles my parents played and their desire to work through any rough patch.  Tabac is old school and that is part of its appeal.  It just works. It unapologetically smells manly. Oh I’m so glad for the new puck sitting vacuumed in the garage fridge.

Lip, good to see your words again. And you have reminded me to get back to my weekly usage of tabac. I used it every weekend for 3 years. Need to reinstate.

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Monday, November 25, 2024 - Wholly Kaw King of Bourbon

 

Barrister and Maanday

Ghost shaves are rare. I had to check twice to insure blade was in razor. This is my favorite of Will's pux. IMHO, the Omnibus base is the slickest lather on the street.

C U all tomorrow

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