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I forgot to add, I've received two razors from Rob, and each was coated in oil and there was absolutely no pooling whatsoever. The oil was a very fine film, so it must work.

Yeah, Rob told me someone else taught him how to do that, but I didn't note who that was. Thanks for the good idea.

Pinklather once suggested to me a mix of mineral oil and bees' wax to cut down on the pooling action. I've not tried that yet; I've been using camellia oil. It still has a little pooling.

I ran into the wet/dry lather issue the other day. I have a scuttle and when the water's warm, the lather tends to dry out a bit faster. It's a simple fix, simply re-wet the brush. However,...