Thread: How do you do this?

i am also new to straight shaving i have a vulvix badger brush and col conk amber soap and it lathers extremly well i get the brush good and wet with hot water and spend about 30 seconds whipping it the mug and i have plenty of thick lather

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

@ tomcat, you may want to bump up to a badger brush when you get the chance, they produce a significantly better lather!

Agreed!

Yes, you can get cream "quality" lather with soap.

Jordan

Originally Posted by Tomcat

So can you build a lather of similar consistency in the video with soap or is it a bit thinner?

Been working with a boar hair brush and some soap just wondering if that type of later is achiveable with a soap.

It sure is. If its to thin you need more soap in the mix.

Hey,

The wiki has a whole heap of useful info, including how to make uber lather!

Pictures + vid etc

Here's the LINK

That video was pretty helpful...I think I've been using waaaaaay too much water. Making the lather on my hand also helped with the texture, but I'm still having problems. The lather seems trapped too deep inside the brush. If I squeeze the brush with my hand, I get loads of pretty decent lather. Otherwise, the lather dries out on my face too fast. My second problem is that my razor seems to catch or chatter across my face...is this a problem with sharpness or with my lather? Thanks!

[QUOTE=whitedragon13;297325]That video was pretty helpful...I think I've been using waaaaaay too much water. Making the lather on my hand also helped with the texture, but I'm still having problems. The lather seems trapped too deep inside the brush. If I squeeze the brush with my hand, I get loads of pretty decent lather. Otherwise, the lather dries out on my face too fast. My second problem is that my razor seems to catch or chatter across my face...is this a problem with sharpness or with my lather? Thanks![/QUOTE]

Could be either. It could also be your technique (assuming you're new to straights...).

Jordan

Watched this video and it was a big help!! Thanks!!

You can get a good lather with a boar bristle brush, but it will take longer, more work. A small pure badger brush ($35) is a great investment. It holds more lather and water. If the lather dries out in less than 5-10 minutes, you need more water in your mix. When shaving wih a str8,you'll take more time and need to re-lather as you shave.

If your brush drips a runny, soapy mess on your chest, you're loading too much water on the brush. I've used a pure badger brush for 30 yrs and just moved up to a silver tip badger. The silver tip holds more water and lather than a pure badger. Now I'm trying to break my old pure badger habits and I'm constantly dripping on myself

Just use the tip of your brush to mix the lather in your mug. Light touch. Let the brush do the work, you supply the rotation.

Hope this helps and welcome to SRP.

Dave

i think that's one of my problems... i just get suds and not creamy lather... no wonder my razor is catching .

Please correct me if I am wrong but my understanding was that a boar bristle brush would form lather faster than a badger brush. In fact, I seem to remember a video of Lynn shaving where he uses a boar brush to save time. I think the advantage of the badger brush is the it holds more lather in it, not to mention the added smoothness of the badger bristles against your skin. I do agree that a good badger brush is a good investment but both should work at creating lather. One of the difficulties that I experienced when I resumed shaving with a straight was to obtaining a consistent lather. My lather was too dry and the razor caught in it. I also did not spend a considerable amount of time building lather. After a few videos, I was able to correct the problems and voila, great shaves ;-).

Al raz.