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A few years back (and over on another forum) we were discussing water hardness and the subject inevitably moved to MWF. I think we identified the hardest and softest water in the UK and I managed to get a bottle of the hardest water to compare to my water which is practically in the same postcode area as where MWF is made.
Here's the results: https://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/co...wool-fat-water-sensitive-answer-inside.35452/
... where I was suprised to find that hard water was in fact better!
Hot, cold, hard, soft, sythetic, badger, boar, whatever ... best soap you can buy. So long as you're chosen. If you can't lather it, you're not chosen.
I've not been shaving much for the last couple of years and when I did it was a cartridge and canned goop. Within the last couple of months I've come back to my more traditional products and a dry puck of MWF. Wet brush, 10 swirls, lather heaven. No other preparation.
10 swirls and over 4 and half minutes (280s) of whipping..regardless of the resulting lather I'd say that was a tough soap to lather!
Maybe there is a large variance of soap batches with MWF. It would explain the mixed reviews. I can get it to lather with hard Essex water but it needs work and never tend to get steady results. Can be good some days and rubbish the next.
Well disappointingly soaking the MWF for over 24 hours appears to have done for my lathering ability.
My silvertip badger brush, even with a bowl cannot bring this stuff to a thick lather with staying power.
all I get is a bubbly lather that lies thin on the face and disappears quickly.
ok so Tommorrow I will put a little water on top of the puck whilst in the shower, take the brush out the soak and squeeze out the majority of the water. I will then load for a good minute and build in the bowl. I will only add a drop of water at a time as well.
I loaded for 30 seconds, but I think I probably used way too much water. And yes the boar brush definitely picks up more soap.
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