The Best Shaving Soaps of 2021

Best soap by year (since I started using brush and soap):
2008: C&E sweet almond oil
09: MWF
10: MWF
11: MWF
12: MWF
13: MWF
14: MWF
15: MWF
16: MWF
17: MWF
18: MWF
19: MWF
20: MWF
21: who knows?

I've used roughly 200 soaps over this period and nothing has topped MWF!!

A very dubious statement ... For you personally ... Perhaps - yes. But, not for me - it's a fact.

Best soap by year (since I started using brush and soap):
2008: C&E sweet almond oil
09: MWF
10: MWF
11: MWF
12: MWF
13: MWF
14: MWF
15: MWF
16: MWF
17: MWF
18: MWF
19: MWF
20: MWF
21: who knows?

I've used roughly 200 soaps over this period and nothing has topped MWF!!

A very dubious statement ... For you personally ... Perhaps - yes. But, not for me - it's a fact.

It goes without saying that what I'm posting is based on personal experience.

How could I possibly post something based on someone else's experience??

Here’s the thing about “best” lists. They’re like opinions and ___ -____s. Everybody’s got one. If you go online and Google whatever you’re going to hit a bunch of “best” lists.  How can they say best? Have they tried and tested all of them? What criteria have they applied? How do they account for subjectivity? What basis do they have to even form an opinion? How can you say the best of 2021 in January of 2021? Yeah, those lists are as useful as the “5 things you need to know “ articles. Why 5?  How do they know that I need to know that stuff? Leave me alone and let me think for myself. 

I think forums like DFS can be good resources for shavers. Over time snd by trial and error you figure out what you like and don’t like and if you’re paying attention to what other guys are saying about products you figure out what they like/dislike too. Eventually you’ll find that your likes and dislikes will more or less align with certain members and you stand a reasonable likelihood of liking similar products as those guys. Not always but often. Of course this is a lengthy process and newcomers or someone looking to buy a gift for a wet shaver won’t have the time to do that. Those are the people targeted by the “best” lists. Here’s 5 things you should know about that before you start your day...

Sterling Haverford

One persons opinion. We all have opinions. My opinion changes from one day to another. I like red, my friend likes green. Go figure.

One persons opinion. We all have opinions. My opinion changes from one day to another. I like red, my friend likes green. Go figure.

Now I like blue, wait a minute yellow.