Originally Posted by
carlmaloschneider
It's great when it all comes together, isn't it? You get to know little tricks. One I find is that after dribbling a few drops of water from my hand into the bowl, I need to shake my hand, otherwise a small amount of water can drip from my hand into the bowl, and those few extra drops may be too much and ruin the lather. I know that sounds pedantic, but I think one needs to be pedantic with Straight razor shaving. It's also important to make your lather in a separate bowl from the soap if you're using soap.
I find proper lather feels 'bouncy', i.e. has lots of cushion, with really small bubbles. It forms peaks on the brush, like when you make a lemon meringue pie, and doesn't drip or run at all; if you pile it on the brush it should remain in the peak, and not collapse.[/QUOTE
Yes I started to use 2 bowls. The bottom one full of hot water and the top one to make my lather in. I am using a soap. I was concerned about getting peaks on the brush as you put it so well using hard Adelaide water. However like I said nice lather. I am using a boar brush, have ordered a badger one so cant wait to see how that goes.
Cheers