Thread: Using Col. Conk Soap

I just started wet shaving and got both Proraso and Col Conk Almond. I found it to be no problem to make wicked lather with the Proraso, but was having problems with the Conk. I have been working with the Conk for the last week and over the last 5 or so shaves have improved my lather quite a bit.

I like to put my brush into a bowl of water and dribble some water onto my soap (still in the plastic container thingy) before I shower. I close the lid on the soap thingy.
I get out of the shower and drain the water from the bowl. I shake the brush a couple of times so that there is no dripping water.
I then twist the brush back and forth until I have a good lather going right on the soap.
I transfer to my bowl and begin to whip/pump.
I try and get stiff peaks on my lather, but I usually do not quite get there. Soft peaks for sure.
I then work the lather on my face for probably a minute on top of whatever I did in the bowl.

This has been working pretty good.

I would suggest making a couple of bowls of lather to get a feel for how much water you need to add. I probably make about 5 bowls before I got it right enough.

I'm pretty new at this, but what I found works, is just to really bear down on the soap, and use a lot of it. It burns through your bar quickly, but it works for me.