Thread: Mitchell's Wool Fat

I've never been a fan of MWF. The lather is too thin for my tastes, and it dries out really quickly on my face. But I had two pucks and wanted to give it the college try. Still not my favorite, but two things helped.

• Like others here, while I shower, I have some hot water on the soap in the mug and my brush, soaked with hot water, in there too.
• I also face-lather, which seems to work a little better than building the lather in the mug
• Something I have NOT heard-I squeeze a little of my wife's Shea Butter onto my brush before l start lathering. It seems to give the MWF a little more staying power and a little more cushion or body.

Still not my favorite, but with these steps it works okay.

You really need to make sure you load enough on your brush. I have crappy water and still manage to get nice thick lather out of MWF.

Plus it leaves your skin feeling very soft.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

You really need to make sure you load enough on your brush. I have crappy water and still manage to get nice thick lather out of MWF.

Plus it leaves your skin feeling very soft.

+1 on the loading and the Mantic video contained the tip to dip the ends of the brush in water to help the face lathering. Both of these worked to make MWF a top choice for me.

This has been a helpful thread for me, because I have had the MWF for a while and enjoyed it, but never got the lather that I truly desired. After reading a few tips from those of you who use it regularly, I get a MUCH better result! Great stuff! It's the only shaving soap that I use, actually, otherwise I stick with the Santa Maria Novella Shaving Cream. Pricey, but unbelievable!

Thanks for the tips guys!

One of the enjoyments I get from Straight Razor shaving are the soaps. But, unfortunately, I have never had a decent shave with wool fat. It wont go waste though, my wife uses it to shave her legs.

Originally Posted by jleeg

You guys have convinced me to purchase Tabac, Pre de Provence, Taylors, L'Occitane, Mama Bears, Gentleman's Quarters and probably a few other soaps I am not recalling. Why oh why did I wait so long to try MWF?
. . .
Jim

Maybe you ran out of money?<g>

. Charles

Originally Posted by kettlebell

One of the enjoyments I get from Straight Razor shaving are the soaps. But, unfortunately, I have never had a decent shave with wool fat. It wont go waste though, my wife uses it to shave her legs.

I love soaps too!

Unfortunately MWF doesn't work for my face either. Think the lanolin is a bit too much for my skin. But there are plenty of others available to try out there!!

I use MWF soap as part of my rotation and bowl lather getting a good lather with it. The method I use it to sink the soap, dish and all, in hot water for a few seconds then lather away. Works every time for me.

It took me some tries, but now I get consistent good lather from MWF. I use face lather, simpler for the soap to give consistent lather. I soften the soap in warm (not hot) water, come with a well shaken brush and load for about 1 minute. Then as I face lather, soak the tips in water and work the lather up.
MWF is a good soap but is one of those soaps I'll not be buying again. The scent doesn't do much for me and the performance is not exceptional like others I have tried. For me, Tabac, has better performance all around. Also Jabonman soaps from Spain have the performance of the fat (in my opinion a little better) with some mind altering scents. However I'll be trying some of the suggestions I read here with the fat, specially the cream mixing. Double O

Originally Posted by nessmuck

I would stick with face lathering with the MWF,thats where it shines the best for sure. Trying to whip it up in a scuttle is a waste of time with poor results IMO. But i keep it in my rotation cuz its worthy!!!!!!

I get a killer lather in my scuttle with MWF. I used up a whole puck figuring out how to do it...I wont go into details, because it seems everyone has a different method, but the time spent learning was well worth it.