Thread: question about wool fat

Ok I have just recieved my new razor, strops, brush and soap...and wool fat? I dont know what to do with this, I thought you got a brick of soap and put it in a bowl add water and suds it up. do I use the wool fat instead of soap in conjunction with the soap (if so how?) or Have I completely missed the mark and its for something else? I am very excited to start shaving but I want to make sure I am doing this right before I mess it all up.

Do you mean Mitchell's wool fat, the soap? Or are you talking about lanolin cream? I'm a bit unclear what you mean from your post - it sounds like it is not a soap?

If it is the MWF, use it as you'd use any soap. If it is a lanolin-based cream, that is usually used as a skin moisturiser for hands and faces etc. I've never used that kind of thing in conjunction with shaving, though I have used it after a shave to moisturise.

James.

oh, I feel as dumb as if I asked if buffalo wings were buffalo meat.... yes its mitchells wool fat and I feel like a moron for not realizing its soap. but I suppose thats what this site is for, people like me who know absolutly nothing and want to learn.
Thanks James!

I'm confused... you have two soaps? Whats the other one?

That's no problem Boots - we have all been there. MWF likes water. I used to stick it in the bottom of a shaving mug of sufficient diameter and work a bit onto the brush, adding small amounts of hot water as I went until I got a lather at the consistency I wanted.

After a while of doing that and figuring out the water/soap ratio, I ended up lathering on the face rather than in the bowl. Either way is good, just comes down to preference.

Good luck, I think you'll like MWF!

James.

Its "Bald frog" wake up rosemary Its clearly labeled as soap so I didnt confuse it with an amphibian. still reeling from my oversight and will be self depricating accordingly.

All good boots, everybody has those moments. The first time I threw some cologne instead of aftershave on...well, last time I did that
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