I just don't think it's consistent enough to make it worth using. Too many easy to work with soaps and creams out there. A case of life is too short for me I'm afraid.It is interesting how much of a marmite soap MWF is. I personally find it great but there are so many other great soaps out there that it doesn't get used that often.
... while on your conclusion @Dcshaves MWF also make dedicated bath soap, which is lovely.
In the past, I've been sent "bad batch" pucks and pucks from folks who simply can't lather 'em. No issues. I am VERY curious to get a puck of this bad batch that seems to be foiling folks who CAN lather everything up 'til now. Still only a VERY small handful of reports and tainted with all the usual "I can't lather it" folks who are not talking about this potential specific batch.
I have used more MWF than any other soap and never encountered problems. Not with old, new, dried out, fully soaked (not that you need to), soft water, hard water, cold water, hot water, dry skin, summer, winter, whatever. In another thread, we were talking about our first traditional purchases and it occurred to me that MWF was indeed probably my first purchase, certainly my first shaving soap ... maybe that's the key?
If it's specifially a lanolin soap that folks are after, check out LEA. I use their latest formula sticks (grated) and it's just lovely. Not quite MWF, but good enough. I gather the Classic is a good buy, too. I'll get a puck in some time, no doubt.
Words of wisdom and very well put. I couldn't start wet shaving and not try MWF through so I'm glad I did. It seems to have an almost cult like status among wet shavers.I face lather, but yes ... it can be a knife-edge until you've got a few under your belt. With a wet face and water in the whiskers, that's usually enough to get things started off well. It'll still be dry and a quick dip of the brush tips into water and onto the face, pulling in all the dry lather gets me there just right.
When I was into car detailing (another hobby that has literally a billion products, all doing exactly the same thing and clans of folks who bind around specific brands or methods) there was a chap whose strapline on forums was: "find something you like and use it often".
By trying out all these products and materials, we're on that journey ...
Creams, soaps, razors, single edge, double edge, straight edge, blades, aftershaves, balms, pre-shave, post-shave, it's all about narrowing down what we really like, so let's not lose sight of why we're doing that - to find something we like that we'd like to use often. We have many threads about "if you could start again" or "the bomb has dropped, grab your kit" or "you've woken up on a desert island with a shaving shop - what will you buy" and that helps us distill in our minds exactly what our to-go kit is. Understand that and enjoy your shaves. Equally, new stuff comes along and you have a great baseline to start from - is this (new thing) better or worse than my favourite (whatever).
I wonder if the reason that folks keep on trying (often in vain) with MWF is because it is almost unique amongst shaving soaps - it contains lanolin and for those that enjoy the soap, that seems to be what they like most. Perhaps if more soaps had this magical adjunct, we'd not get quite so tribal about it. I'm going to start a thread on that, as I'm curious and tend to stick to what I like when it comes to soap ...
Submerge for 5 days!! I may just give that a try. As your article says...what have I got to loseOne recommendation , read before this post : https://refineriadecaballeros.wordp...os-milagrosos-para-resucitar-jabones-muertos/
Submerge for 5 days!! I may just give that a try. As your article says...what have I got to lose
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