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I thought oil and glycerine are natural, and certainly less disgusting!

Try adding just a drop or two of oil. If you have access to nothing else, get some Tres Flores Brilliantine, or even baby oil should work. I add the oil after loading the brush.

Additional info - I use a very old badger brush. It's probably twenty years old by now. Probably "Best" badger, and it still has a fair amount of backbone to it. I really mash my brush down into the...

Should give my method a try. Let us know how it works.

The method I use here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/beginners/9162-method-making-lather.html

works really well for me. Used it with A new puck of Williams this morning and got a great close...