Reputable place to buy shaving soap or shaving oil

[Accipiter22]

for anyone who uses shaving soap or shaving oil, where do you get it from?

 

[Wonderful Pork]

I use Proraso, and I actually bought it at Target. Other than that, there are a couple good forums (Badger and Blade forums) that suggest places. I think classicshaving.com is another good place, but I've never got anything from them.

 

[1sikbITCH]

http://pacificshaving.com/

Every 6 months or so I get a new bottle of shaving oil from them. Now that they have the big bottle, that'll probably go to once a year or more.

 

[Accipiter22]

PACIFIC!!! That's the place I was trying to think of! thank you so much, and thanks pork I'll check out that proraso

 

[bozack]

nordstrom for aos stuff or crabtree

 

[Accipiter22]

1sik do you actually rewet your face after applying the oil?

 

[isekii]

what's the benefit to using the oil ?
does it minimize razor bumps ?

 

[AgentJean]

I picked up a shaving soap disk from Walgreens the other day. I also seen them at the local Walmart. I have yet to find a soap mug

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Classic Shaving.com

 

[1sikbITCH]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
1sik do you actually rewet your face after applying the oil?

I start out wetting my face really well before applying the oil. But if I'm starting to shave and my face is a little too dry for my liking then yeah I'll wet it again, although I'm always worried about washing the oil off.

As for the person who asked what is better about oil than cream, I just like that I can see what I'm doing very well and its a lot cleaner. I don't have anything against cream though. I just tried the oil once when I decided to try shaving my head.

 

[imported_mantic]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
for anyone who uses shaving soap or shaving oil, where do you get it from?

QED (Click the link on the left that says "Other Fabulous Products...")

Em's Place

If you're near a mall that has a Crabtree & Evelyn store, they carry a few shaving soaps (that are excellent).

Surrey glycerin shaving soap from the grocery store isn't bad for ~US$1.

 

[torpid]

I used to use pacific. It's pretty good. What I liked most about it was being able to see where I was shaving so as to avoid accidental trimmings of sideburns and bearded areas. I now go the full wetshaving route with pre-shave treatment, badger brush, english shaving cream, thayer's, then after shave balm. It definitely allows a closer shave, because with pacfic I still got irritation against the grain, and I don't get it (as long as I don't shave every day) with the full setup.