It's a divisive soap, to be sure. Personally, I get on well with it. However, I don't think (for me, that is) it deserves the holy grail status some afford it. There are some outstanding soaps out there.Wow thanks for all the replies. I was practicing like a total loser today, I can't get the thick lather by face lathering, however whipping it up for even a little while in my proraso shave mug thing seems to get it working easier.
I have a nice Gruti stainless bowl that arrived today so Tommorrow I will really give it a go in there see what happens.
There are so many different opinions on MWF online... However two main suggestions being:
A. Don't use lots of water. Just a teaspoon and a damp brush.
B. Soak the soap for a whole day or something until it's absorbed all the water.
I think I am going give B a go and then use my bowl. It is very dry and still cracked up, I soaked it for nearly an hour yesterday.
Im not giving up just yet, I do have other soaps, Proraso Green, Wilkinson Sword and an Arko stick. However the feeling and soapy smell of MWF on my skin along with the legendary like praise it gets online really makes we want to work out how to get the best from it. If that means a bowl lather and a pre soak for every new puck then so be it, my water is very hard.