What type of latherer are you?

I originally was a bowl latherer, I then was got an amazing deal on a Dirty Bird Scuttle ($15) that I love, now I also enjoy face lathering, seems to take me half the time to get lather on my face.... Have you switched lathering methods since you started? Curious.

JT

I like to load the brush and then build the lather on my face, insuring that every whisker gets plastered from every angle.

I'd lather not say...

But, I'm a convert to my DirtyBird Scuttle...

I build the lather on my face 90% of the time , I prefer to rather than using a bowl its quicker and sure does insure that every whisker gets the treatment

I face lather... I just have always preferred it that way :shrug:

Gentlemen:

For years I lathered on my Hollywood face. Nowadays I love the art of creating luxurious lather in my lather bowl.

I must admit, I look as much forward to making lather as I do to shaving with the straight razor or the double edge. Well, the lather-making process is part of the colorful ritual of wet shaving.

I am greedy: I want the whole ritual.

Regards,
Obie

it depends on what products i'm using.. i lather creams in a bowl... face lather soaps.. and any uber or superlathering gets done in a bowl or my new gardening scuttle... deep down i enjoy face lathering the most and always spend a few minutes massaging it in..

I have a thrift store scuttle I use. I like being able to whip up a nice bowl of lather (which took awhile to learn how to do properly) and have some extra to be able to easily apply for 2nd and 3rd passes.

That is a good question...I consider myself an "equal Opportunity" latherer:rofl2: .

I have recently enjoyed the art (and feel) of üerlather so much that I use a bowl to make this slick goo. I spend a good 2 minutes making it, but why let the bowl have all the fun? After all, am I not spending this energy and time so that "I" can enjoy it? So, I spend another 1-2 minutes lathering the goo in my face/beard...Ooooooohh, what a feeling:y!! Slick, moist, and warm lather...what a Zen-like feeling.

I have to admit, I enjoy the lather and pre-shave almost as much as the process of shaving itself :tu. So, to me, that's an important part of the ritual. Enjoy it.

Depends on my mood but face lathering is very nice.

Just a plain ol' bowl latherer here:tu

If I'm using a straight, GTP G5 scuttle. If I'm pressed for time I use the DE, and a mug with some Ogalla Bay Rum/Sandalwood in it.

I lather in the palm of my hand

I like to bowl lather for almost all of my shaves but if I am in a little bit of a hurry I will face lather for those occasions.

A lazy latherer. If if makes suds, it's on the face.

:beer2:

I like to create lather in my shaving scuttle. Lather my face, then massage the lather in and let it sit for awhile. Rinse the lather off and apply some bay rum. Then relather and proceed to shave.

Face latherer here :beer2:

Jordan

For me, it depends on what I'm using. For soaps, I'll facelather; for creams, I prefer a bowl.

I'm a skin flinted old bushy, too tight or too lazy to spend money on fancy soaps or to use a bowl etc. I just squeeze a little cheap fauldings shave cream from the tube into my palm, pick it up on my cheaply acquired badger bristle brush and slap it on my face. 30 seconds work, before scraping it all off and flushing it down the sink.


Mick

load the brush in the palm of my hand, build up a nice consistency and on to my face it goes.

Am I the only person out here who lathers in his palm? It seems to me to be a pretty good technique.

Face latherer when DE shaving; bowl latherer when straight razor shaving.

I bowl lather with soaps and cremes

I usually make lather in a scuttle. This morning I used some Williams and face lathered with it.

Depends on my mood, medium, brush and lather..

If I'm using a Boar, I generally use soap and facelather, sometimes dipping for cream

If I'm using one of my short handled badgers I'll usually face lather (I have the SRD lathering bowl, and it's fairly deep, so my short handles get my knuckles soapy)

For the long-handled badgers, I hit the bowl, cream or soap, unless I feel like going to my face (there's the mood portion)

Uberlather is always in the bowl.

I like variety :D