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 Ass 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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