What am I doing wrong? Wool Fat.... New to DE

Hi all, new here and new to DE shaving as well. About 2 weeks in, started when I saw a Wilkson Sword classic in Tesco's with the wilkinson soap and brush etc...

Had a couple of shaves with that and really enjoyed the smooth shave, and 'man time' experience. So I done some research and splashed out on a Merkur 34c, some nice blades, an expensive Parker silver tip badger brush and some Mitchells Wool Fat soap. (And a lot of Proraso after shave+liquid creme....).

Now no matter how many videos I watch, guides I read... I cannot produce the thick mountainous cloud of lather on my face. No amount of soaking the soap, loading, swirling, bit more water, bit less water etc seems to make a difference.

I have read that its not the easiest soap to lather, I am in a very hard water area as well.... But surely there is a way to get this right?

Out of curiousity I tried a regular Proraso boar brush this evening, new out of box, just a quick soak, and loading then working the wool fat with this much stiffer brush was producing a different, almost creamy like consistency immediately.... Not great but I think the brush needs a good long soak and few goes to break in. Does this soap need a stiff brush?

Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying the best shaves I have ever had... However my wool fat lather is weak compared to all the videos I watch, and it quickly dissapears from my face.

Any advice?
Hello Tom . I only use MWF during the winter months because I have lots of "soft' water from the air dehumidifier . In Corfu it is very humid during the winter and the water is very hard .
 
Just binned mine. Tried grating it to see if that helped. Nope. 60 second load and thin dissipating lather as always. Had enough. Not worth my effort. Binned!
 
Some soaps never work for some shavers. I've Just binned Vitos red. Loads say they l8ke it a lot, but I found it difficult to lather properly, and it wasn't good for my face which felt like sandpaper.
 
I have bought soaps in the past which I didn't find as good as I hoped. What I did was mix them with some left over cream which I liked and performed well. MWF may need to be grated as it or quite hard.
What resulted from the mix, was a superb soft soap mixture which performed better than some highly regarded quality soaps. Well worth a try .
 
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