Thread: creating your perfect lather

Evening everyone, hope you all had a good weekend.

Well ever since i got my straight razor last week i havent been able to get a good lather going. It was always runny and would slide down my face big time. Well tonight i decided to watch a few videos that were suggested to me. Mantic59 is the man and because of his video for the 1st time i got a perfect lather and it really changed my shave experience in a big way. My problem is that i was using too much water. I would soak my brush for a few minutes and right away after the soak i would put my brush in the bowl with the soap. The excess of water was too much and caused a big time runny soap.

This time after soaking for a few minutes i took a few seconds to whip the brush to remove the excess water and this time my durby cream puffed up into a rich thick lather.

Anyways im 33 years old and im rediscovering shaving since joining this site Thank to everyone here

Here is the video that really helped me.

How To Build And Apply Traditional Shaving Lather - YouTube