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What type of brush? Also take it not a lot of water?I just used my MWF this evening.
Had no issues, didn't bowl lather, just loaded and face leathered.
I had a lovely shave, no issues with the soap. I live in an area that has hard water, not hard enough that my coffee starts to develop a cataract on the surface, but enough to cause a decent amount of crust in the kettle.
I love the soap at the moment.
I used a 'Body Shop' synthetic brush, ran it under the tap for a few seconds. Gave it a shake. Gave it a good few circles over the 'FAT' and hey presto creamy lather... Just sprinkled some extra water on my brush with my finger tips and applied to my face.What type of brush? Also take it not a lot of water?
Heres my effort, I'm also a newbie so still trying to perfect MWF.
Razorock Synthetic, semi wet brush, 60 seconds in the puck, puck dampened but not left to bloom, bowl lather. Adding a few drops of water to the bowl, maybe half a teaspoon in total?View attachment 51112
Well guys I think I've cracked it! (Not without the advice given here).
just had a shave, and OH MY this was the best shave I have had in my life and by far my best DE shave yet.
Hot shower, boar brush on soak, MWF untouched. Now, boar brush out, sqeezue out basically all of the water, give it a shake and load MWF for 30 secs. No soaking the soap or even dripping water on the top. Now I had a good ‘paste well into the brush', I proceeded to whip it up in the bowl for about a minute, ONLY adding a few drops of water from my fingertips twice. And here's the lather.
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Brushed onto face on top of some Proraso green pre shave cream, it stayed on my face until the razor went over, lovely and slick, more than enough for 2 passes and a touch up!
Finish off with a cold water rinse, then a splash of Proraso green, followed by Proraso liquid cream balm.
I feel like a new man.
I'm a lot happier now guys, thanks all, it's just going to be a case of honing the MWF lathering down to a fine art now. But I think I've got it!
(that's) looking better. The loading of the brush as suggested helps yeah. As you say getting the ratio of soap to water will improve things more.
I think when discussing lather ability people sometimes confuse quantity with quality. I can create tonnes of ‘lather' from MWF easily but not tonnes of quality thick yogurty lather. I guess what some consider nice lather I consider airy, foamy and thin.
Hi,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?
Very ingeniousYou can foam with a salad bowl with a blue piece glued to the bottom with two component EPOXI glue.
YAQI Rainbow synthetic hair brush. Knot 26
Soap: PRORASO mix (white sensitive skin) with LA TOJA stick.
The MWF can be mixed with another easier 50% Foamed soap
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