Been keeping an eye on this thread for a while, and have tallied up the choices so far.
Now, the original direction given was:
“If you could only choose one, what would it be?” I completely understand that it is difficult to pick just one brand, but that was the question. There were 19 forum members who did not pick just single soap brand — they would mention one U.S. soap and one European, or a commercial soap and an artisan, or several of their favorites, etc. I did not count
any of these, since there was no clear single choice.
However, I
did count the ones who had runners up, since they did designate a clear “number one” in addition to their honorable mentions.
One member made one choice and then changed it to another later, so I dropped the original choice and added the new one. My own vote goes to Stirling Soap Company at this point, as they have a great selection of soaps, and every one that I’ve tried has worked marvelously for me.
I’ll try to keep track of these from here on out, and if there is a lot of activity on the thread, I’ll post a revised list after a while. I hope that’s OK,
TSEvangelist.
Anyway, in alphabetical order, here are the votes as they stand right now:
Acqua di Parma: 1
Barrister and Mann: 23
Beaver WoodWright: 1
Catie’s Bubbles: 3
Cold River Soap Works: 9
Czech & Speake: 1
Haslinger: 1
I Coloniali: 1
JabonMan: 1
The Los Angeles Shaving Soap Company: 1
Martin de Candre: 2
Mike’s Natural Soaps: 1
Mystic Water Soap: 4
PannaCrema: 3
Reef Point: 2
Sapone Di Paolo: 1
Saponificio Varesino: 2
Savonnerie du bon berger (SdV — Menthe): 1
Soap Commander: 1
Soapy Bathman: 2
Stirling Soap Company: 6
Strop Shoppe: 2
Tabac: 1
Tabula Rasa: 1
Valobra (hard puck — C&S/AoS): 2
XPEC: 1
Whenever I go to shave, I assume there’s someone else on the planet shaving, so I say “I’m gonna go shave, too.”
– Mitch Hedberg
