Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
Yes, the technique for loading enough soap onto a synthetic brush is different from that when using a badger brush which is different again from using a boar brush. Been using a Plisson synthetic this past week and MWF. It is perfectly possible to load enough MWF that you can do a 4 pass face lather cold water shave without having to reload the brush in between passes. Just load the brush long enough.

Bob
Good point, Bob. As I made the switch to a synthetic the second load was just seemed to give me more control over the resulting lather than a single, extended loading approach. I suspect that more time with the Cashmere knot will result in a different approach and better results, something I'm looking forward to experiencing.

As with all of these knot reviews I'm comparing my procedure over two days to what I developed over a couple of weeks with the Whipped Dog brush. All of these notes should be taken with a rather large grain of salt and the knowledge that not only YMMV but mine may as well if I were to spend significantly more time with these knots.