Tallow Shaving Soap Recipe

[Happysoap]

Does anyone have a good tallow shaving soap recipe they can share with me? I am looking to make some shaving soap this weekend and I am looking for a good basic recipe to work of off.

I am thinking to start with something like 25% castor oil and 75% tallow but it seems too "blah". What to add and why or what not to add and why not?

 

[DeeAnna]

Don't have any personal words of wisdom on this topic, but here's a suggestion -- If you scroll all the way down to the bottom of this screen, you'll see other threads with similar content -- maybe there will be a pearl or two in those threads.

 

[Candybee]

Check out Songwind's thread on making shaving soap. I used the recipe but modified it by splitting the coconut oil with tallow. I cphp'd it in my crockpot using all KOH. I added glycerin and lanolin after the cook.
It makes the most amazing shave soap!

Much kudos to Songwind for helping me get my perfect shave soap recipe after 2 yrs of experimenting!

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

If DeeAnna has the superhero cape for Chemistry info (amoungst many other things) then Songwind is there with the cape for Shaving Soaps! The thread itself is so huge that I think it almost has it's own section on the fourm - so much discussion, but worth going though for tips and hints and things to watch out for an consider.

 

[shunt2011]

Check out Songwinds recipe. I've made it and it's a hit with all my shavers. I have tweaked it some but it gets a lot of raves for sure. I am now selling my version in a store that carries all things shaving, cutting, trimming.