Guy size soap
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I use cavity molds for mine - they're a good chunky size:
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Make them a normal size so they aren't awkward to hold.
Saw some that looked like a piece. Of 2x4 inch lumber. About 6 inches long. In a retail store.
On another forum I read (not related to soap crafting), a lot of the male participants were majorly impressed by the "Big *** Brick" style of bar from Duke Cannon. The ingredients appear to be standard commercial soap, but the bars are 10 oz. — seems way awkward to me, but I'm not a guy and don't have large hands. Their marketing copy is heavy on the macho-man imagery.
Lol, that looks right up their alley. They are self described manly men. God love ‘em.
Ha ha, Elly Emmett (Elly's Everyday on YouTube) calls them "the blokey-blokes in your life" — a very handy Aussie expression, I reckon!
Been wanting a couple of those "fight club " molds.
If it will be a shop soap that will be shared by multiple dudes or blokey-blokes or manly men, I would vote for that 10 oz brick mainly because it just seems it would last longer. I have kinda wondered this myself about all the mechanics soap I see but since I don't make any, I have kept my opinion to myself; however, I noticed you mentioned "sons", plural, so do they share a work shop or are they in separate places? I think I would still vote for the brick because mechanics do scrub a lot too
Zany_in_CO
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In the early days, I bought a dozen travel soap cases at Target on sale for $1.
I used them as molds to make Pah-Rum-Pah-Pah-Pum-ice Soap for all the "boys" at Christmas. Quite the manly man size soap, if I do say so myself. The bars were 9 oz. each, with a rounded oval top and ridged bottom.
The cases were shiny on the outside and dull on the inside.
Similar to this one.
I lightly greased the inside. It required a precision pour into both top and bottom to get a perfect result with no gaps. Let set for a bit. Then closed them together with a rubber band. A little tricky to do, but it worked really well. I loved the size and shape of the result (Sorry. No picure.)
Top & Bottom Together
Top off; Bottom exposed.
Inside bottom & top
I still have 4 sets left. They are yours if you want to play with them.
I used them as molds to make Pah-Rum-Pah-Pah-Pum-ice Soap for all the "boys" at Christmas. Quite the manly man size soap, if I do say so myself. The bars were 9 oz. each, with a rounded oval top and ridged bottom.
The cases were shiny on the outside and dull on the inside.Similar to this one.
I lightly greased the inside. It required a precision pour into both top and bottom to get a perfect result with no gaps. Let set for a bit. Then closed them together with a rubber band. A little tricky to do, but it worked really well. I loved the size and shape of the result (Sorry. No picure.)
Top & Bottom Together
Top off; Bottom exposed.
Inside bottom & top
I still have 4 sets left. They are yours if you want to play with them.
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