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I have considered this, and will try it out on my shave today, but I've also heard that the particularly tough hairs in those areas benefit from staying lathered while shaving all other areas first....

Ok, I've been using a lot of these suggestions (haven't found a hagfish yet) and working at it, especially using more water, whipping it up more, and refreshing more often, and have been getting...

I finally had some better luck this morning using more water, laying the lather on thicker, and refreshing it with the brush more often. I also added a little more water to my lather between passes....

No, sorry. Are you saying that the lather should be a half inch thickness on my face? I've never gotten it to be that thick. After I "paint" it on, it's pretty thin, almost transparent.

Just spent...

Nope, no softener here.

I'm having this problem with every soap/cream I have, which includes most of the usual suspects.
I will certainly use the honedright method tomorrow and report back.
I have been considering making...

Just tried the method in Lynn's video and my lather dried out on my face like powdery, cracking plaster. It seems like I used a lot less water than usual with that method. Then for my second pass, I...

Is this the one you mean? If so, I'm pretty sure I'm using more water than he does, although I'm not loading for as long.

Shaving Lather with Badger Brush - YouTube

Haha, thanks for the idea but I don't use a heater.

By the way, Leaves of Grass is awesome.

Hello, sirs! :chapeau

Wasn't sure if this belongs here or in Soaps/Creams.

Of all the challenges that come with taking up traditional wetshaving, I have found building lather to be the most...