Since so many people rave about Mitchell's Wool Fat, I decided I had to at least give it a go...
Mitchells by
ashtreehouse, on Flickr
I was a bit nervous about this purchase - so many people have said it's hard to get a decent lather from it - heck, there's even a Mantic video on YouTube showing
7 methods to try to get it to lather properly! I was thinking, 'Hey this stuff might be good, but I ain't gonna spend fifteen minutes just trying to get
any soap to lather up!!!'
So here's what happened: Opened the pack. It all seemed a tad over-packaged, and the puck of soap looks a shade small for the (cool) ceramic tub. Anyway, I gave it a couple of swirls with my wet brush and just went direct to on-face lathering, expecting miserable results.
And darn it, in seconds it was foaming up as thick and creamy as anything from Taylor's or Trumper! And I don't think it was because our water is specially soft - kettles here fur up regularly. So, while your mileage may vary, I had NO problems lathering this stuff.
I've also read posts by people who clearly didn't like the scent. I was almost expecting some sort of ovine stink! But no - it's a perfectly acceptable scent. Not my favourite, by a long way - I still love my almond-scented soap - but it's absolutely fine, in an non-outstanding 'Bluebeard's Revenge' kinda way.
But the absolute shocker (for me) was how my skin felt afterwards. Really, REALLY good. In fact it's nearly 6.30PM as I type this, and it still feels good!
Now I understand why this soap has a cult-like status among some people. And now I'm one of them!!
And the little ceramic tub even looks great alongside my other shaving stuff (see pic).
If you've never tried this stuff, I recommend you give it a go.