Review (3/5): Really wanted it like it, but...............
I really wanted to like this holy grail of mass produced shaving puck. But it was not to be!! I am wet shaving for about a year now and I feel I am somewhat qualified to talk about glide and moisturiser properties of shaving soaps now.
Out of the box this puck smalls nothing extraordinaire, it has inoffensive aroma to it that goes away after couple of minutes when you rinse off the face. it smells kind of powdery that I really don’t care for. About the performance many people say it is difficult to get going with this wool fat soap if you live in hard water area. It wasn't a problem for me but I have to say it does require more water with badger brush and end up being watery consistency thereby some of glide and moisturising properties are compromised. However I had more success with it when I shave after shower but then not all wet shavers shave after shower. It doesn’t dry quickly but I wish I had more lubrication in it. I used a badger brush and Gillette Super Platinum blade which are one of the sharpest but forgiving razors out there.
In all fairness to the soap, you have to love the irony that the first ingredient listed on the puck packaging is sodium tallowate, a cheapest by product of meat industry. The so called wool fat 'Linolin' is listed on 14 number as the ingredient. I find it difficult to relate with this as the product is sold as wool fat soap. Considering what I expected from this soap puck and how it performed; there might not be a lot of Linolin in this soap. I don’t see myself returning to this very often and I am more than satisfied with old stock of Old spice crème tubes that I chanced upon pretty cheap and hoarded.