Our artisan soap maker in New York's Hudson Valley still crafts Taconic Shave Soaps in small batches to create an incredible lather and provide a smooth and slick shaving experience. Featuring natural coconut oil, olive oil and antioxidant-rich hemp seed oil, these oils will condition, moisturize and protect your face from razor irritation, while softening your beard.
Combined with bentonite clay for razor glide, our shave soap provides an unparalleled shave experience. Suitable for all skin types, including sensitive skin
- Large 4 oz. puck - 3 inches round
- 99.8% Natural - Handmade in upstate New York
- Includes only the finest ingredients
- Light Urban Woods Scent - with hints of bergamot, cedar & tobacco
- Packaged in a protective container and designed to be lathered in a shave mug for best results
- Fits perfectly in Parker's Apothecary Shave Mug or any other that can accommodate a 3 inch round soap.
Directions: Soak your brush with warm or hot water. Turn it upside down and shake it out until the water runs out of it. Start swirling your brush around the top of the soap in a mug or bowl until you have a good amount of soap on it and a rich lather is created. Bring the brush across your face in a circular direction until your face is covered with a thick lather (add more warm water if needed). Take your time and enjoy the experience!
Ingredients: Coconut Oil, *Palm Oil, Safflower Oil, Olive Oil (Grade A extra virgin), Castor Oil, Glycerin (kosher, of vegetable origin), Hemp Seed Oil (unrefined), Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide (saponifying agent), Sorbitol (moisturizer), Bentonite clay (humectant), Sorbitan oleate (emulsifier), Soybean protein (conditioner), Wheat Protein (conditioner), Urban Woods Essential Oil Blend
* Palm oil is sourced from RSPO suppliers (responsibly sourced)
Made in the USA
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Shave soap
Have been using this for the last year and I really like it
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Taconic urban woods
Have only used it a few times next week will use it daily, smells nice,lathers very well. Will buy this product again
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Smells great, lathers great, shaves great!
TLDR its great soap and it smells great, go ahead and buy it! Alright so first of all the smell. Its about what you would expect from the name. I have never met Nick Offerman (Parks and Rec fame) but after using this soap I feel like if I ever do, it is what he should smell like. Manly but not like Chuck Norris kick your butt manly just confident and competent outdoorsman and handyman manly. I don't have the greatest nose but to me I get sandalwood, maybe oak moss, and some sort of spiciness. Anyway it smells great and the smell lingers softly for some time. The initial lather is very easy to produce and robust. It easily provides a thick foam either in a bowl or on the skin with excellent air and water holding properties and it cushions very well during shaving. I find I do have to re-lather if I want an additional pass. To my experience this is just a difference between tallow and glycerine based soaps and it not a bad thing, its just how they are. With tallow I can usually do a first and second pass back to back because the slickness of tallow remains, where glycerine runs to stickiness as it thins and dries after a pass. A quick relather is called for before each pass of shaving with this soap (if you do multiple passes). I find the initial lather builds faster and easier with glycerine soaps than I find with tallow based soaps so it is always a trade off. Glycerine seems to provide more cushion and protection where as tallow more slickness speed and a more aggressive shave. I find high quality glycerine (such as taconic) and tallow soaps to be equally good but with different areas of strengths and weakness. At the end of the day, this is right up there with the finest glycerine shaving soaps I have used to date and I dont hesitate to recommend it. Left my skin feeling soft and healthy.
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Urban woods shave soap
This is a high quality shave soap. Slick and leaves your face feeling great.
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very nice shave soap
This soap has a very nice sent, not to strong probably a 6 out of 10 on the strength. Cedar is the predominant scent. Easy to lather and made a rich thick lather. This is a firm glycerin pick and should last a long time. Great value.
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My Favorite!
I've tried several shaving soaps and this ties with Formula T Matterhorn for my favorite shaving soap. Nice clean scent. Silky smooth shave. And leaves my skin feeling smooth and comfortable post shave. I highly recommend this.
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Very Nice
Easy lather with a very pleasing comfortable scent, Moisturizes very well and feels very creamy. Makes for a great eye opening shave
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This is a great shaving soap
This is a great shaving soap, and it is great to get back to a warm rich lather. love the fresh smell and I would recommend this to anyone that wants to get away from the aerosol cans.
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Finally, an arti shave soap enriched with hemp seed oil that is not marketed as a novelty
Finally, an artisan formulated shave soap enriched with hemp seed oil that is not marketed as a novelty. It is the genuine article! It lathers, and loads my brush insanely. The scent is overtly masculine. Albeit having good residual slickness that facilitates buffing, it rinses cleanly. Follow this with Taconic Toning Mist, to cool your skin and heal any irritation. Then finish with Taconic shave balm to replenish any moisture loss from the freshly schorned skin. Great shave regardless of the blade implement used. There are 4 wonderful scents to choose from, including a fresh clovey Bay Rum!! Creams too if you're not a soap aficionado.
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It's How a Man Should Smell.
This company, their products, and especially their service has been a breath of fresh air. They are eager to assist, answer all inquiries personally, and feature immediate shipping. I received two of the same Taconic product on my last order. I made one call, and was rushed out the correct item at an even greater shipping speed! The folks at SSR are genuine, and gracious. They go the extra mile for customer concerns, stock quality Taconic products, and conduct business with professionalism, and a courteous nature missing from most shaving product vendors. Grab some Taconic soap, cream, or grooming product. They are artisan formulated, excellent performing for: Pre-shave, Wet shaving, Post shave, Facial hair management, and hair care too. Taconic soaps,(to my knowledge) are to only brand to contain hemp seed oil. It wil be a one of a kind addition to your den.
