First shave with MWF!

Ben Hunt said:
I've never understood why people find MWF tricky to lather. There's plenty of soaps I have difficulty getting a consitent lather out of, but MWF isn't one of them.
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Some people may find MWF tricky if there water Is hard, I live in Cornwall with very soft water and have no problem with it at all, just a thought.
 
RedSteve said:
Does anyone have any tips for getting a slick lather with this? I always feel like I'm forcing the razor across my face. I have hard water but I usually get some slickness from soaps (I also add citric acid to the water). Should I use more product maybe? (I load for 1 minute). And I add a couple of drops of water 4 or 5 times. Does MWF need a lot of water to be slick? I have no issue producing a lather, it just doesn't provide any glide on my face.
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It does like water so just try adding a little more a few drops at a time until you feel that it's right.
 
Ben Hunt said:
I have rather hard water, and have trouble lathering some soaps. But not MWF, for whatever reason.
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Maybe it's all about the brush, I use a damp omega boar and just a damp puck top and then whisk hard for 30 seconds and then go to my bowl and whisk again adding 8-10 drops of warm water at a time and whisk again and keep adding the water a little at a time until it's done, not the easiest of soap's to work but well worth the effort, it's one of my favourite soap's.
 
wayne mattison said:
How much water are you adding and what is the lather consistency? I've never had bother with MWF and I love the OSP. It is the only soap I have found that gives the same post shave feel of MWF which is the king of soaps in my humble opinion.
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So I dip my hand into the water, and then let water drip from my hand into the bowl, and do that 4 or 5 times.
But looking at other peoples recommendation in this thread, I should add more water. I also load for 1 minute so I probably should add more water to compensate for that.
 
pjgh said:
Mythbusted the hard water myth: http://theshavingroom.co.uk/communi...wool-fat-water-sensitive-answer-inside.35452/ ... if anything, hard water gave a firmer lather.
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That's really interesting. Thanks for posting that. I have guessed it's more likely me, but I wanted to see if it was an issue with hard water or not. I definitely don't lather for 360 seconds, or even close to that as done in that post. I'm spending the week using MWF so hopefully I can improve my wrist action, it's usually pretty good.......
 
RedSteve said:
That's really interesting. Thanks for posting that. I have guessed it's more likely me, but I wanted to see if it was an issue with hard water or not. I definitely don't lather for 360 seconds, or even close to that as done in that post. I'm spending the week using MWF so hopefully I can improve my wrist action, it's usually pretty good.......
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I think the trick is to load a damp brush from a damp puck...whisk it like you hate it for 30-60 seconds then take the brush to a damp bowl and start whisking again adding ten drops of water into the bowl as you are whisking, keep repeating this maybe six to eight times and you should have a lovely peaky lather. If you put too much water in at once it kind of kills it. I hope this helps, I prefer to bowl lather rather than face lather and have found this work's for me, i use a boar bristle brush for MWF.
 
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