If a soap is on this list, then it can produce an excellent shaving lather. Any oddities will be noted as well.
| Arko | - | Industrial lemony smell is hard to handle for some, but no one can doubt the performance in all kinds of water hardnesses. Inexpensive. | 
| Barrister and Mann | - | - | 
| Black Ship Grooming Co. | - | - | 
| Boellis | - | Overpriced, but excellent lather. | 
| Cade Shaving Cream (Tube) | - | - | 
| Captain's Choice | - | - | 
| Catie's Bubbles | - | - | 
| Cella | - | - | 
| Chiseled Face | - | - | 
| Col Conk | - | An inexpensive glycerin soap. Some don't like it, but I, and many more, get super slick lathers from it. | 
| Cold River Soap Works | - | - | 
| Cooper & French | - | - | 
| D.R. Harris | - | the only long-standing UK company left that still makes their own hard soaps. Very good ones, too. | 
| Dapper Dragon | - | - | 
| Declaration Grooming | - | - | 
| Dr. Jon's | - | - | 
| Eufros | - | - | 
| Fine Accoutrements | - | - | 
| George F. Trumpers | - | Hard soaps are overpriced, because they have been outsourced and aren't as good as they used to be. | 
| Gold Dachs | - | - | 
| Grooming Dept | - | - | 
| Haslinger | - | - | 
| Henri et Victoria | - | - | 
| Holy Black | - | - | 
| Klar | - | - | 
| L&L Grooming | - | Around 2017 or 2018, this one merged with Declaration Brushworks to become Declaration Grooming. | 
| L'Occitane Cade | - | The cream is excellent, but may have been discontinued. | 
| La Toja stick | - | - | 
| LA Shaving Soap Co | - | - | 
| Le Pere Lucien | - | - | 
| Lucky Tiger | - | - | 
| Maggard Razors Brand | - | - | 
| Martin de Candre | - | - | 
| Meissner Tremonia | - | - | 
| Mickey Lee Soapworks | - | - | 
| Mike's Natural | - | - | 
| Mitchell's Wool Fat | - | - | 
| Mystic Water | - | - | 
| Noble Otter | - | - | 
| Oleo | - | - | 
| Palmolive Stick | - | - | 
| Panna Crema | - | - | 
| Pre de Provence | - | - | 
| Proraso | - | - | 
| RazoRock | - | A good soap, but probably not as good as most on here. | 
| Reef Point Soaps | - | - | 
| Sapone Di Paolo | - | - | 
| Saponificio Varesino | - | - | 
| Soap Commander | - | - | 
| Soap Smooth | - | - | 
| Soapy Bathman | - | - | 
| Southern Witchcrafts | - | - | 
| Stirling | - | Large selection. Very slick. Budget priced. | 
| Storybook Soap Works | - | - | 
| Stubble Buster | - | - | 
| Summer Break Soaps | - | - | 
| Tabac | - | Smell puts many off. But, like Arko, superior performance is never in doubt by anyone. | 
| Tallow & Steel | - | - | 
| Tcheon Fung Sing (TFS) | - | Italian soap maker, despite the funky name. | 
| Tiki Bar | - | - | 
| Taylor of Old Bond St (TOBS) | - | Popular, but many soaps perform better than the creams. for less money. Hard soaps are overpriced, because they have been outsourced and aren't as good as they used to be. | 
| Truefit & Hill | - | Hard soaps are overpriced, because they have been outsourced and aren't as good as they used to be. | 
| Valobra | - | - | 
| West of Olympia | - | - | 
| Wholly Kaw | - | - | 
| Williams Mug Soap | - | Reputation as a bad soap, but it's just finicky. Many can get super-slick lathers from it. Inexpensive | 
| WSP (Wet Shaving Products) | - | - |