Chibbs11
Veteran
I recently read about how few shaves people were getting out of tubs of some of the new artisan soaps. In particular, I was shocked when @p.b mentioned that his Zingariman Explorer cost him around £1 per shave. I thought it would be interesting to see how many shaves we are getting out of different soaps to allow people some kind of value judgement when considering particular soap purchases.
I know a 28mm brush vs a 22mm brush will use a lot more soap and anyone who does 3-4 passes will use more than a single pass guy. But I think caveating our usage with average brush size and typical passes could give an interesting view. The other obvious issue is I guess more of us keep buying extra soap rather than actually finish off a tub. i think I have only finished off 2 tubs in the last 5 years and bought shed loads of new soap!! But I am committed to using more of what I have already got, and I do keep a spreadsheet of usage.
So to start this off I have finished:-
OSP Bay Rum, mostly with a 24mm brush, 2 passes, and managed 96 shaves. @Chibbs11
P&B Star Noir, mostly with a 24mm brush, 2 passes, and managed 68 shaves. @Chibbs11
Proraso Green Tub, 24mm synth brush, 3 passes, greater than 100 shaves. @donnie_arko
Proraso red tub, 24mm brush, using the 'Marco method' mostly, about 70 shaves. @Zwilling
I know a 28mm brush vs a 22mm brush will use a lot more soap and anyone who does 3-4 passes will use more than a single pass guy. But I think caveating our usage with average brush size and typical passes could give an interesting view. The other obvious issue is I guess more of us keep buying extra soap rather than actually finish off a tub. i think I have only finished off 2 tubs in the last 5 years and bought shed loads of new soap!! But I am committed to using more of what I have already got, and I do keep a spreadsheet of usage.
So to start this off I have finished:-
OSP Bay Rum, mostly with a 24mm brush, 2 passes, and managed 96 shaves. @Chibbs11
P&B Star Noir, mostly with a 24mm brush, 2 passes, and managed 68 shaves. @Chibbs11
Proraso Green Tub, 24mm synth brush, 3 passes, greater than 100 shaves. @donnie_arko
Proraso red tub, 24mm brush, using the 'Marco method' mostly, about 70 shaves. @Zwilling
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