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Mitchells Wool Fat
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Good isn't it @chrisbd
"Good" doesn't come close. Exceeded all my expectations, especially for a hard water area, I'm a complete convert.
Regards,
Chris
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I've just had two days of The Fat, never fails to impress
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I cite it as my favourite soap yet I always seem to be trying out some new soap or other and so do not use it as often as I would like. Every time I do use it, I think to myself "why don't I just use this all the time?".
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Nah, it'll be fine. You will need patience with MWF though. I gave up last year but I'm enjoying retrying it now.
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It's harder than your average soap to get lathered, at least it was for me.
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It might cause your razor to clog and I found it can stick and jump quite easily, causing nasty business! It's one of the best soaps for SE.
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Really, it's not that difficult ...
With a brand new fresh puck, straight out of the box, give it 60 swirls with a damp brush to work up a proto-lather on the soap. Too much water from the outset will give an overly foamy lather which is not as protective as it could be. The soap will pick up on the brush. From there, face lather on a wet face or in a bowl, adding in drops of water as you go. Don't add a lot of water each time, but if you do find it foaming up then just work it until it goes nice and thick again before adding more water for more volume.
Once you're a dab hand at it (like me) you can do a mere 10 swirls in each direction after dropping a half teaspoon of water onto it and going at it with a fully dry synthetic brush and then a couple of sprinkles of water to pull up a wonderful lather in no time. Practice makes perfect and I guess the patience thing mentioned above refers to the possibility that you might need to try a couple of test lathers just to get the hang of it, but in the end it's a shaving soap and well renowned the world over.
With a brand new fresh puck, straight out of the box, give it 60 swirls with a damp brush to work up a proto-lather on the soap. Too much water from the outset will give an overly foamy lather which is not as protective as it could be. The soap will pick up on the brush. From there, face lather on a wet face or in a bowl, adding in drops of water as you go. Don't add a lot of water each time, but if you do find it foaming up then just work it until it goes nice and thick again before adding more water for more volume.
Once you're a dab hand at it (like me
) you can do a mere 10 swirls in each direction after dropping a half teaspoon of water onto it and going at it with a fully dry synthetic brush and then a couple of sprinkles of water to pull up a wonderful lather in no time. Practice makes perfect and I guess the patience thing mentioned above refers to the possibility that you might need to try a couple of test lathers just to get the hang of it, but in the end it's a shaving soap and well renowned the world over.
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Lord no, my brushes all cost under a tenner (Omega 49, Body Shop synthetic and Wilkinson Sword boar) all tear MWF a new one
Have at it and make some sweet lather