Italian Barber/Marco Method of Lathering

Does anyone who uses this method daily, know if it DOES use up significantly more soap?

I've always used a brush this way, boar, synthetic and now badger. It's not the Marco method. It's my method. :ROFLMAO: It's quick and simple and it works.
Bigger the brush the more soap you will use. My Tabac still lasts ages. It will go quicker using my Chubby 2's because they are bigger brushes.
Beginners method my arse. I'm not discouraging people who get pleasure making lather into rocket science but it doesn't need to be. Putting soap on your face is the easiest part of shaving.
 
I used Proraso Green with my recently acquired Semogue Bodger this morning. It might be that the bodger hasn't broken in properly yet but the lather was on the wet side and certainly wouldn't have made a great lather shot and lacked density it wasn't airy though. I did however get a sensational shave, very slick and enough protection even though there appeared to be very little cushion. It made me think of these YouTube videos of barbershop shaves in Italy and how their lather looks extremely wet, I think this is the secret. Since I've started to shave with a Feather AC (great razor by the way) I'm not interested in lovely thick dense, cushiony lathers on my face, wet and slick is where I am at now.

It does use more soap but who cares, it just gives us an excuse to buy some more.

I've also enjoyed going back to bowl lathering which I hadn't done for years, it's actually quite therapeutic watching the lather come together.
 
I've known this method for a long time and it was the method that gave me consistently good lathers.
I just didn't like to start very dry because it took a long time to properly hidrate the lather.

I now use a variation of this method, meaning I still start wetter than normal and I add loads of water to the inside of the knot, Michael Freedberg style.

Basically what this method taught me was to not be afraid of adding water.
Just don't forget to adapt the technic when using creams.
 
There are 2 ways to make lather, add soap to the water as in this marko method, or add water to the soap. I use the water to soap method as I find it more consistent. And I rub the brush on my chops if that makes a difference. :)
 
Not given in here. Tried the method the other night using a Cadman Tuxedo and found it held far too much water and ended up scrapping the exercise on this occasion. Works far better using either the white/grey or Cashmere synthetics and think I have pretty well it cracked now. Still getting good results. Makes face lathering after whipping up in a bowl so much easier.

I like easier
 
I also use lather on the watery side for SR shaving but I admit that I have never used the Marco Method.

I spent a long time tryng to figure out how much water I needed on my soaps but soaps behave differently from one another and bowl lathering made it harder for me but I think I learnt to recognise the point the lather is ready. It seems to me the MM works the other way around and that would waste too much soap, some of my soaps aren't longer made so I can't be wasteful.
The same goes for face lather, I learnt to recognise when the water content was right. The lather consistency is what you need to watch out for.

I have other methods that I use when I build the lather in a scuttle of when I use a brush scuttle that for me is the ideal way to SR shave.
 
So if I'm understanding correctly, this method can be used for hard soaps & croaps but I can't see how it would work with a cream. Also do people rinse out the puck after or just leave to dry? What's the best method.
 
So if I'm understanding correctly, this method can be used for hard soaps & croaps but I can't see how it would work with a cream. Also do people rinse out the puck after or just leave to dry? What's the best method.

It doesn't work with creams as too much water is in the knot, with croaps and soaps it works great.

I run my soaps under the tap after use and let them sit by an slightly open window in the bathroom to dry our after use.
 
It doesn't work with creams as too much water is in the knot, with croaps and soaps it works great.

I run my soaps under the tap after use and let them sit by an slightly open window in the bathroom to dry our after use.
That confirms my thinking. Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated
 
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