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) | - | - |