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Can confirm Arko works AMAZINGLY. I got possibly the best shave of my life with it today. Thanks Bob!

Yes, it's supposed to be. However, I think marketing terms like that are pretty loose. For example, most "natural spring" bottled waters are actually just municipal tap water. We've come a long way...

Yeah I've tried distilled bottle water, very little difference. Maybe I'll try some Arko until I can figure out how best to treat my water. Thanks!

I've tried a couple shaves with lukewarm water, both MWF and Mama Bear's. No improvement. I'm definitely thinking it's my hard water. Anybody know of any soaps that do well with hard water until I...

I guess it couldn't hurt to try. At this point, I'm out of other options except to change the water temperature.

I have used the same temperature setting on my kettle for years, 190F, and the lather was always perfect. I just can't understand why that would suddenly not work anymore. I could try a lower...

I used bottled water today in my electric kettle, and I completely descaled it of calcium buildup last night. There was some improvement in the lather, but nowhere near what MWF used to be like. I'm...

So the water quality test I got says I have moderately hard water at 225 ppm. I got a cheap test kit so I don't know if that's calcium or magnesium or both.

It does have a temperature setting. I always set it to 190F. I've used MWF and Mama Bear's at that setting with no problems before. I picked up a case of bottled water today, I'll use it when I shave...

Hmmmmm..... new brush is doing the exact same thing. I also ordered a puck of Mama Bear's Awakenings for something different to compare MWF to. I've used Awakenings many times before, and it is doing...

Well, I washed my brush but there was no difference in lather today. My new one should be here in a couple days, so I'll have something to compare to then.

I washed the brush like others suggested. I'll shave with it tomorrow and see if that makes a difference. I think I'm going to skip the oil from now on. It never really made a difference in the...

I don't have any other brushes currently (gave my few others away to friends), but I've been wanting a new one for a while because the metal band around the knot on my Omega keeps falling off....

Didn't change brushes, but I did start using pre-shave oil about a month before I got that first puck of MWF that was drying out. Could the oil be building up on the brush and interfering with the...

That's possible I guess. Here in Oklahoma it's already warmed up quite a bit, but the humidity is still low.

Adding glycerin is a good thought. I have some under the sink that hasn't been used in...

I've tried more water, including not shaking the brush all the way out, dipping the tip of the brush back in water and spreading it around the lather on my face, and using a spray bottle to spritz a...

Yes, but I really don't think that means anything. Companies learned long ago how to get around statements like that.

I bought a new puck of MWF before christmas. From the beginning, it started drying out immediately on my face. It also didn't last half as long as it normally does. I only shave every 3-4 days, so...