What was your first?

which cream/soap did you start with?

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NotTheStig said:
I think mine was Wilkinson Sword bowl soap. Not still using it as it's shite
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LOL that was my second, chuck some Durby's in the mix and you've got a....red raw face that looks like you've shaved with a belt sander :icon_razz:
 
Looks like TOBS is the main starter cream, I do like TOBS infact I believe I bummed them so to speak for the first few months of DE shaving but I find their mono scents e.g. grapefruit, sandalwood, lemon and lime, avocoado; all seem to be very artificial in scent. Having just bought a tub of trumpers coconut I can now appreciate the 'real' scent of coconut in comparisson to TOBS version and for me this makes trumpers a nicer/natural (if possible) and more high end product
 
When I first started wet shaving (mid seventies) I used my Fathers soap which was always Old Spice. When I got back on board the DE shaving bus I thought Old Spice had long gone out of production so opted for an Arko stick.
 
C&E Sandalwood - still in rotation & would definitely buy again; if there were one I'd not replace, that'd be the 2nd one I bought, EJ Sea Buckthorn... just can't lather it :dodgy:
 
Scswalex said:
Proraso green - without knowing anything, purchased from Amazon - pure luck that it was good, I am still using and it will probably always be in the cupboard in the future!
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Exactly the same for me with a Kent branded mwf
 
this brings up awful memories. when i was 19-20 i bought the TOBS pure badger and sandalwood box set but i didnt know you could still get traditional razors. my mach 3 would clog up with the lather so i deliberately made it runny as owt and i did this for an entire year before finding out about DE's and cutthroats.

i would get tobs again but there is so much stuff out there i havent tried yet, whats the point?
 
Proraso soap, along with an EJ razor and Derby blades. Still using the Proraso, but the rest went down the road a long time ago.
 
1st up was TOBS Sandlewood. Wasn't sure about the scent to start with but now I really like it. It lathers really well for me, and I then got their Sensitive Skin Jermyn Street version, before realising my technique was to blame for the irritation I was getting. Now using Nannys Silly Soap in olive oil form, which is also really good, once you get the hang of lathering it up.
 
thrifty said:
NotTheStig said:
I think mine was Wilkinson Sword bowl soap. Not still using it as it's shite
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I was the same! Used it as normal soap!
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I just chucked mine as I don't want to feel responsible for putting someone off shaving soaps. Although the smell was very synthetic I thought it was ok and I guess the plastic bowl is handy (I should have kept it and put Monsavon in it or something)
 
NotTheStig said:
I think mine was Wilkinson Sword bowl soap. Not still using it as it's shite
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This for me as well although I don't actually mind it and I do use it now and again. In fact I've nearly used the tub although I was using this for my Fusion shaves before I went DE so I've owned it for a couple of years. It was a Xmas stocking filler pressie off my wife along with the Wilkinson brush.

I would probably buy it again but I've used it so much before I knew there was better stuff out there I sort of have a soft spot for it.
 
I miss "other". I am sure that many traditional wet shavers simply started with what soap or cream was available on the supermarket shelves.

The store in the village where I grew up, had two brands; Palmolive and De Vergulde Hand. I still like both of those soaps.

Edit: though I used DVH mostly, I voted for Palmolive in the poll.
 
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