It was weirdly controversial, bordering on unpopular. During the tests, one of the other candidates was more popular: Soft hearts. Will felt it was too soft and people would resent how quickly it gets used up, so we went with the firmer Excelsior. Omnibus was the result of Will researching ways to make Soft Hearts firmer.
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gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 7 months agoWhy do you think Will stopped making Excelsior?
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 7 months ago
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 7 months ago
This was before I became interested in wetshaving. Always happy to get some of the lore.
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 7 months ago
I’ve heard some people don’t like it and find it drying. My skin gets dried out pretty easily and I’ve never had that problem with Excelsior. It takes a large amount of water and I think most people don’t have the patience to get Excelsior to its “sweet spot”.
Omnibus also takes a huge amount of water, but it’s more forgiving if you don’t spend the time getting it wet. I’m still undecided on which base I prefer, as I love them both.
Soft Heart was in the middle of the two, and unlike @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social I don’t think Ominibus was a natural progression, although I’m not sure that’s why he meant. I feel like it was a new direction towards a different type of lather.
I do prefer Excelsior and Omnibus to Soft Heart, as I find SH to be a tad bit on the poofy side.
I also have an opinion about the Reserve base, but nobody asked so I’ll stop here before I write a book!
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 7 months ago
I have samples in both Excelsior and Reserve. I honestly have no issue with either. I haven’t tried Soft Heart. And, Omnibus works just fine by me. No issues with the amount of water it takes. I just add water until it’s done :)
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 7 months ago
I’d be interested in the reserve book!
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 7 months ago
##The Book of Reserve
New tubs were easy to load and had a gooey “proto lather”. After a year or two it gets really firm and loading enough soap can be an exercise.
The soap itself is good as long as you can load enough of it!
The End
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 7 months ago
I like the gooey proto lather. Like Shannon’s and milk steak
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 7 months ago
Hear it from the horses mouth: “I started with Modified Soft Heart and improved it”
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walden@sub.wetshaving.social 7 months ago
I don’t believe it! They are so much different.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 7 months ago
Yeah, omnibus has this greasy lather (term coined by u/pppork) similar to Highland. I don’t dislike these modern bases, but I’m not convinced it’s a step forward either.