- Messages
- 17,613
- Location
- Sunny Cornwall
Yes I am!!I've taken quotes from people's posts since @culcreuch mentioned Hump Day. Boycie, you are giving me no fodder - you must be an innocent soul....
Paul.
Yes I am!!I've taken quotes from people's posts since @culcreuch mentioned Hump Day. Boycie, you are giving me no fodder - you must be an innocent soul....
@havings you are a very naughty man and I heartily approve. Watch out for Matron though - she’s been prowling with her rusty flensing knife looking for fat and chubbies!I've taken quotes from people's posts since @culcreuch mentioned Hump Day. Boycie, you are giving me no fodder - you must be an innocent soul....
That is interesting.9139 confirmed as good by @NeilJ - interestingly his were Kent cakes rather than MWF which suggests the batches can span both brands.
I’ve found my number now , thanks to the photo , the two boxed ones are 9139 , the same as yours .Ok! I have just found it!!!
It is 9139 on both pucks!
Will test one in the morning and get back to you all .
Much love,
Paul.
I experienced the same working in food production for many years too. Same product on the line, enough of one order on pallet so stopped the line to change labels and carry on. The product you were putting through was exactly the same but it was all in the packaging to make it look posher. Hence why I usually buy in Aldi or Lidl.That is interesting.
Again, from my experience in industrial food production the reels were changed on the packing line yet the batch was the batch was the batch. Funny that we'd be dropping product into one label and the same product into another ... and one low-brow supermarket own brand was the self-same product as M&S Luxury.
So, yes, the batch is the batch ... can span labels. We don't know that there isn't more out there - who makes Haryali, for instance? Scottish Fine Soaps a good number of years ago was soooooo close to MWF in a blind test I swore it was! I'd love to know how many per batch and whether batches are the same number each time. I wonder, too, if there some setting in the product once mixed before it's dropped and cured; whether it's the whole batch that's a dud or just a run of a few hundred? mid-batch. We've yet to find someone who says they have a good one from a batch that is confirmed bad.
.... and don't get either of us started about "artisan" car wax's / detailing products "hand crafted in small batches in the UK"That is interesting.
Again, from my experience in industrial food production the reels were changed on the packing line yet the batch was the batch was the batch. Funny that we'd be dropping product into one label and the same product into another ... and one low-brow supermarket own brand was the self-same product as M&S Luxury.
So, yes, the batch is the batch ... can span labels. We don't know that there isn't more out there - who makes Haryali, for instance? Scottish Fine Soaps a good number of years ago was soooooo close to MWF in a blind test I swore it was! I'd love to know how many per batch and whether batches are the same number each time. I wonder, too, if there some setting in the product once mixed before it's dropped and cured; whether it's the whole batch that's a dud or just a run of a few hundred? mid-batch. We've yet to find someone who says they have a good one from a batch that is confirmed bad.
Mine arrived today in the ceramic dish and like yours mine is 9223.MWF has just arrived.
It fits perfectly in my old TOBS tub and the batch number, FYI, is 9223
View attachment 100659
I've currently got mine in an outgoing Wilkinson soap dish. It's not ideal. Once fat February is over, I've got a TOBS not far from completion, I'll be putting my MWF in.MWF has just arrived.
It fits perfectly in my old TOBS tub and the batch number, FYI, is 9223
View attachment 100659
What a lovely rundown! Why does the lather look pink though?Well ! … What a curiously pleasant experience that was !!
For the techies amongst you: Merkur Progress set to 3, brand new Astra SP blade and a Yaqi Purple Haze synthetic 24mm brush.
The MWF puck was put into an old TOBS tub and covered with hot water for 10mins, then drained.
The lathering was done in an old Proraso Green tub by squeezing the brush half dry and then 10 laps of the MWF puck, which was transferred to the Proraso tub and wound purposefully for about 30 seconds. A few drops of water were added as needed.
The resulting lather was a full-bodied cream, as good or better than any I have seen before. It was painted onto my face and survived for 2 or 3 minutes unchanged, whilst I took the picture of the brush (appols for the poor quality).
The shave itself was a little strange and unnerving – I could feel and hear the blade doing its work, yet it was gliding along. It was like the lather was too thin, yet it absolutely wasn’t. It was thick and creamy and clinging on well.
I really feared I would be covered in cuts, but as it turned out, nothing at all when I rinsed off. After a 4 pass shave I don’t have a single cut or sore spot and my skin feels great and soft and moisturised.
Me Likey
View attachment 100702 View attachment 100701
Rose tinted spectacles?What a lovely rundown! Why does the lather look pink though?
Well I know I'm not wearing them, because I'm a miserable F! Maybe @Zorro has a camera with a rose lens.Rose tinted spectacles?
It's the blood mixing in as i lather it....What a lovely rundown! Why does the lather look pink though?