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I still chuckle
Your conclusion was sound. It's not for you. You can't open a fresh box, lather up and get shaved. All of this witchcraft is just silly! Still, the process is fun, talking about it is fun, carry on.
I do have one soap that I couldn't get a good lather from and that was Trumper's hard soap. It was worth persisting with as I loved the scent (Eucris). In the end, I found that using is like a shaving stick worked out well. Wash your face and prep as normal, leaving some water on your face, then rub the soap directly on your face and build up from there. So, rather than loading the brush, you load your face and use the unloaded brush to build the lather.
Maybe it's your brush that's the problem? MWF is so yummy that it tries to hold onto it ...
A few years back, we discussed water hardness and while I live in a soft water area (literally a couple of miles from Mitchell's themselves) it's not the softest, but I did get a bottle of the hardest water we could find from our midst. To my suprise, MWF worked better (yes, better) with hard water. And, that was with a new puck straight out of the box!
I often wonder if it's a face vs bowl latherer thing, or maybe a generational thing, or maybe a geographical thing but none of that seems to map out. I can't even put it down to an experience thing, as MWF was the very first shaving soap I tried.
I think it's a Sociological conundrum rather than scientific ...
Still, if this amusing ritual doesn't work out then just let it dry out and use it as bath soap.
... or send it to me and I'll add it to the pile.
No harm in trying is there.
I'm not convinced it'll work to be honest and its the final straw. I'll save my shower until after a shave tonight...if it doesn't produce a lather for a shave it'll go straight into the shower soap dish lol!
What if it does work though...that was the question went through my head. Miss out on one of the best lathers known to the shaving world for the sake of a few days in a bowl of water....be stupid not to try it!!