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Sorry, I don't have a code, but I purchased a refill puck from Amazon UK in June 2020, and it's definitely not as good at creating a lasting lather as previous pucks I have had.
As I have posted previously, I normally find that MWF lathers up superbly.
Update ... a couple of years on
@exists sent me some from batch 9027 which (as an admitted newcomer to traditional shaving and to MWF) he's struggling with and just wanted to know that it wasn't a dud. It's not. It lathers and makes stable lather that you'd happily shave with.
8287 [purchased Summer 2020] - Dud
8345 [purchased October 2020] - Good
9027 [purchased September 2022] - Good*
* I put a star there, didn't I? Why?
Lathering up batch 9027, it was immediately a LOT more foamy than I am used to with MWF and initially I thought it likely to be another dud. My usual routine of ten swirls in each direction would not have been sufficient and seeing the foamy behavior simply continued to lather on the soap until that was gone ... some 50ish swirls in total. This is common practice with triple milled soaps.
Building lather in my hand or on my face was just as I'm used to. Again, "but" perhaps not as yogurty thick as I'm used to and cross-checking with another ostensibly new puck from pre-2020 that I have waiting in the wings suggests that there have been formula or ingredient changes as that lathered up with the same yogurty thickness that I'm used to.
I think there's been a change ...
I think that summer 2020 was when it happened and it was a mess. I think they rescued it, but whatever the change was has left the soap itself changed. Don't get me wrong here, it's still a good lather and may well improve as that puck is used ... but it's just not as immediately dense and does require a longer loading.
1. Football
2. WWII
3. Health Care
4. Mitchell's Wool Fat
The comprehensive list of topics for an American to never mention to a Briton.
Cricket?!1. Football
2. WWII
3. Health Care
4. Mitchell's Wool Fat
The comprehensive list of topics for an American to never mention to a Briton.
At least you didn’t call it soccer.
Oh that game, soft Rugby, with padding.I was talking about REAL footbail, i.e., NFL.
We need an eye roll smilie.
Or fannies...1. Football
2. WWII
3. Health Care
4. Mitchell's Wool Fat
The comprehensive list of topics for an American to never mention to a Briton.
Huh???? Butts???
Update ... a couple of years on
@exists sent me some from batch 9027 which (as an admitted newcomer to traditional shaving and to MWF) he's struggling with and just wanted to know that it wasn't a dud. It's not. It lathers and makes stable lather that you'd happily shave with.
8287 [purchased Summer 2020] - Dud
8345 [purchased October 2020] - Good
9027 [purchased September 2022] - Good*
* I put a star there, didn't I? Why?
Lathering up batch 9027, it was immediately a LOT more foamy than I am used to with MWF and initially I thought it likely to be another dud. My usual routine of ten swirls in each direction would not have been sufficient and seeing the foamy behavior simply continued to lather on the soap until that was gone ... some 50ish swirls in total. This is common practice with triple milled soaps.
Building lather in my hand or on my face was just as I'm used to. Again, "but" perhaps not as yogurty thick as I'm used to and cross-checking with another ostensibly new puck from pre-2020 that I have waiting in the wings suggests that there have been formula or ingredient changes as that lathered up with the same yogurty thickness that I'm used to.
I think there's been a change ...
I think that summer 2020 was when it happened and it was a mess. I think they rescued it, but whatever the change was has left the soap itself changed. Don't get me wrong here, it's still a good lather and may well improve as that puck is used ... but it's just not as immediately dense and does require a longer loading.
I was delivered a few from the Kent Black Friday sale, and they are batch 9029. I'll post here again on how I find it lathers.
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