Two yrs ago I thought I had about 5 yrs of soap. I think I’ve made it almost 2 yrs since buying any soap and I think I really misjudged. Im pretty sure I have 5+ years left.
I don’t do any spreadsheets etc but due select one soap from a maker if I have identical soap bases and just keep a tick sheet. I did however keep track of about 5 or 6 Stirling samples. I believe these generally run about an ounce. With the exception of 1 I get around 28 shaves per sample. Mystic Water has 1/2 ounce samples and the couple I tracked were in that 12-14 range.
These aren’t hard soaps so I only use about 1gm per shave. It’s going to take a loooong time.
I mostly use synthetic brushes. We have really hard water here but I’ve had a water softener about 3 of the six yrs I’ve been doing this however these numbers are during both periods. I also usually do 3 passes and touch ups so I load enough for 4 passes (except when I use badger brushes then it seems I load twice as long and get about half the lather)
Other than samples I only completed 1 full-size puck and that was my first purchase which was VDH glycerin but I don’t count that as I started using it to wash my face prior to shaving with another soap so not sure how many shaves I would have gotten. Also that was when I only had boar brushes.
Wow that was long winded. Sorry.
I don’t do any spreadsheets etc but due select one soap from a maker if I have identical soap bases and just keep a tick sheet. I did however keep track of about 5 or 6 Stirling samples. I believe these generally run about an ounce. With the exception of 1 I get around 28 shaves per sample. Mystic Water has 1/2 ounce samples and the couple I tracked were in that 12-14 range.
These aren’t hard soaps so I only use about 1gm per shave. It’s going to take a loooong time.
I mostly use synthetic brushes. We have really hard water here but I’ve had a water softener about 3 of the six yrs I’ve been doing this however these numbers are during both periods. I also usually do 3 passes and touch ups so I load enough for 4 passes (except when I use badger brushes then it seems I load twice as long and get about half the lather)
Other than samples I only completed 1 full-size puck and that was my first purchase which was VDH glycerin but I don’t count that as I started using it to wash my face prior to shaving with another soap so not sure how many shaves I would have gotten. Also that was when I only had boar brushes.
Wow that was long winded. Sorry.
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