I've just had my first shave with my soap sample (tallow). This is a completely honest review but please bare in mind that I'm not as experienced at this as most if not all others here.
Bowl lathered.
Razorock 24mm Plissoft.
I left a small piece of the sample to bloom in a bowl for 10 minutes while I showered and it lathered up very quickly with no problems at all. I would say it took 20-30 seconds to achieve the above and I aint no ping-pong champion if you know what I'm saying.
Lovely.
Applying the lather to the face was easy. It went on with no problem and I face-lathered it a bit more to make sure it fully covered the hair growth and to get it quite thick as I like my lather (and because I love the feeling of this brush
). Once applied, it stayed with no dissipation at all.
On to the shave...
Wilkinson Sword Classic.
Gillette 7 O'clock green.
3 passes (WTG, XTG, ATG).
Each pass went without a hitch. Protection was great, it felt very safe indeed and I never felt that I had to be particularly careful at all during the shave. Slickness was great also, even my plastic Classic razor was gliding along effortlessly, even when re-going over an area of wet but lather-less skin. In fact, my face and hands still feel extremely slick now, so I'd say post-shave feel is excellent too.
In the short time since I started DE shaving I've been lucky enough to try a selection of different soaps thanks to a very generous PIF which was offered by a member of this forum. I can honestly say without a shadow of doubt, that this soap is at least as good, if not better, than any that I've tried. If it was available to buy, I wouldn't hesitate to use it in my rotation. Fantastic job.