Thread: building a lather with shaving soap

Originally Posted by DeathMetalDremel

what ive been doing is
step...
1.soak brush
2.drain excess water from brush
3.grab at the top of the bristles
4.couple rounds in the soap dish
5.few drops of water in a bowl...lots of swirling
6.application

my brush and soap are wilkinson sword. made by gillette canada. i dunno much about them my gf got my all my straight razor stuff for christmas. my water is hard

A couple isn't very clear. You should be swirling on the soap for at least 20 seconds, maybe even 30. You should be generating a kind of "prelather" on the soap itself. And only add more water to the soap if your cream seems too thick,t dry and pasty.