#1

Member
Woodstock, VT
My mainstays are Mike's and CRSW these days with a pot or two of Tallow & Steel & Jabonman on hand right now.

I remember the WSP brushes I had back in 2012 but never tried the soap. I have been rotating the newer WSP Formula T Barbershop and True Lavender all week.

These soaps are wonderful performers on all levels. Shave and post. The lack of lanolin is not a negative at all. The tallow and shea shine here. Great post shave and I don't find these scents overpowering a bit. The True Lavender (Bulgarian Lavender EO) might be the nicest Lavender I have shaved with. Not floral just a clean, earthy Lavender. Compliments Mike's Hungarian scent nicely.

The soaps are cured properly eliminating all water in the puck. You get a lot of soap for $15. I've used some artisan soaps that aren't cured long enough. They deteriorate too quickly.

The one complaint I read about before ordering were the small tins. I love them! Packed to the brim with soap, functional for a face latherer like myself...really nice for home and travel.

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#2

Administrator
Philadelphia, PA
I don't know...I absolutely hate the small tins...I have some soaps with similar tubs/tins like what Lee uses with WSP and the soap flings all over the place when I'm loading my brush..a waste of product, IMHO.

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#3
I think the formula T scents are fantastic-in particular the mahogany and tobacco, but I also didn't like the small tins. And for me they didn't perform as well as some of the others you mentioned (ie Mike's, CRSW Select, and Jabonman). Overall good though.

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#4
The small tins would be too much of a problem for me. I hated lathering Klar Seifen in the small dinky tin that it came in. Don't want to go down that road again. If it was a cream, it might still work since I wouldn't be loading on the puck. But not a regular soap.

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#5

Member
Woodstock, VT
A notch below CRSW & Mike's but that's reflected in the price. I love CRSW's new jars but also have no problem loading from WSP's tins. More concerned with the actual soap.
#6
(02-14-2017, 02:56 AM)vtmax Wrote: A notch below CRSW & Mike's but that's reflected in the price. I love CRSW's new jars but also have no problem loading from WSP's tins. More concerned with the actual soap.
Definitely true re price to performance. I agree that container is not a deal breaker, and I'm not generally too particular, but I do appreciate when a maker goes the extra mile with attention to all details.

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(This post was last modified: 02-14-2017, 04:40 AM by shevek.)
As the claim is a highly concentrated, extra dense soap, is the result a faster load? Less time required to load on the puck could alleviate some of the my concern about the size of tin.

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-Rob
#8
(02-14-2017, 04:27 AM)shevek Wrote: As the claim is a highly concentrated, extra dense soap, is the result a faster load? Less time required to load on the puck could alleviate some of the my concern about the size of tin.


WSP soaps do load pretty quickly. I can generally get a two pass face and head shave with about a 15-20 load time. Still easily enough left over for a third pass. Formula T has become one of my favorites. I agree about the tins, they could use some more head room. The stuff loads so easily, it doesn't bother me much though.
#9
Just try the new Asylums soaps and enjoy a top notch soap and scents

Really impressed by them.
#10

Soap Sniffers Anonymous
Edmonton
I actually like the smaller tins for travel, I travel a lot for work, I also have some old phoenix in the same tins, it's nice to have options that take up less room, I have a ton of soaps that come in larger containers. WSP make great products, slick lather and like others have said easy to load


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