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Yeah I've been using shaving soap and a brush. Some day I'd like to get into überlather, but for now I'm working on getting a good lather with just soap. I've already discovered the joys of moving...

Ahh.... Not very bright of me.

So when we're talking about making überlather, when you say "cream" do you just mean regular ole canned aerosol shaving cream?

Where can I find this formula?

Haha just read that thread. Gotta say I don't think I would have thought of applying it to my face... Especially not that warming stuff. That could lend itself to some serious irritation.

Yeah I really don't add very much water, but it always feels like if I add more it'll get runny. I'll try working with a bit more water.

I'll have to keep working mine, but I've not gotten the consistency I like - it's never thick enough. Maybe I'm not spending a long enough amount of time on it. I also can't ever get a good volume of...

I'll have to try mamabear's soaps. The only issue is that I haven't found a store near me that carries shaving products aside from cartridge razors and canned shaving cream, so I have to order all of...

Yeah I actually just ordered a puck of Gentlemen's Best Signature which comes in a wooden bowl, which should solve my problems. Right now I'm using classic brand soap from classicshaving.com. I'm not...

Maybe my soap isn't "quality", or I've got the wrong amount of water, because I haven't gotten that to work. It would be nice to be able to leave my soap in the mug the whole time though, since...

Will just adding a bit of glycerin to the soap lather help at all? It's probably stupid, but I'd like to move away from canned shaving creams and generate my own lather from soap. I feel more...

I've only had my first shave with a straight razor last night, so take this with an entire shaker of salt, but one thing I read on here and that I tried last night which seemed to work well was this:...