First shave with MWF!

Ben Hunt · Wednesday July 13, 2016

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.

Bogeyman · Wednesday July 13, 2016

Yes, I have a soap that it is a veritable SOB to lather, Green Mountain, which requires hot water 'blooming' while I am in the shower and upon exiting I must 'beat' it like a recalcitrant red headed step child with the brush to get decent lather. As a result I rarely use it. Gratefully, it was a gift.

grarea · Wednesday July 13, 2016

Bogeyman said:
Yes, I have a soap that it is a veritable SOB to lather, Green Mountain, which requires hot water 'blooming' while I am in the shower and upon exiting I must 'beat' it like a recalcitrant red headed step child with the brush to get decent lather. As a result I rarely use it. Gratefully, it was a gift.

I think I would use that in the shower.

Johnus · Thursday July 14, 2016

Just from 'tradition' I tend to use the MWF during the colder temperatures . MWF does make a liquid hair shampoo. It lathers nicely and I have used it to shave with. So.... You might want to try 'killing two birds with oneShampoo'[emoji41]

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wayne_m · Thursday July 14, 2016

Go to soap for me. Only OSP comes close to the post shave feel MWF gives me. My puck is always hydrated. I love it and it loves me back.

pjgh · Thursday July 14, 2016

I quite agree, @wayne mattison ... first use of OSP and I thought, "Gosh! This is almost like Mitchell's". I quite agree.

RedSteve · Tuesday July 19, 2016

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.

Count of Undolpho · Tuesday July 19, 2016

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.

Face or bowl?

RedSteve · Tuesday July 19, 2016

Count of Undolpho said:
Face or bowl?

I bowl lather

Acer89 · Tuesday July 19, 2016

I made the mistake of purchasing the WFT with matching cermaic bowl. It was very easy to use and produced a great lather but used it twice and each time I broke out in a rash. At first I thought it was the lanolin so I moved on to a new puc of Tabac and exactly the same thing happened so I'm now inclined to think my skin is sensitive to tallow. I say 'inclined' because I can't be certain, it may just be the fragrance. I'll revisit a tallow soap later once my current creams are on the low side.

Both the MWF and the Tabac complete with bowls will be up for grabs once the mods approve me in BST forum

Acer89 · Tuesday July 19, 2016

Count of Undolpho said:
Face or bowl?

Couple of drops of vegetable glycerine in with the lather. Cheap as chips on the bay site. I also add a few drops to any soap or cream which seems to dry too quickly.

A pre-shave oil may also help

nick_s · Tuesday July 19, 2016

I have to say, for me, OSP knocks MWF into a cocked hat.

Acer89 · Tuesday July 19, 2016

nick_s said:
I have to say, for me, OSP knocks MWF into a cocked hat.

OSP?

nick_s · Tuesday July 19, 2016

Acer89 said:
OSP?

http://www.ospsoap.com/

Run by the main man, James @OSP

LeeBot · Tuesday July 19, 2016

I've almost ran out of MWF and though it's a good soap it's not outstanding and I don't think I'll be buying it again. OSP, NSS & Faena are all better for me.

And I've still yet to try Wickhams!

wayne_m · Tuesday July 19, 2016

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.