Thread: Some questions

Time for some possible heresy. I am not against hot lather, or hot water. I just find that lukewarm and/or cold water is doing it for me as far as lathering and shaving goes. I soak my brush (Badger, Boar or Horse) in tap water cold while I shower. I usually use a continual uber lather (base of MWF and Maca Root), add a couple drops of glycerin and a bit of what ever I want to add (a little more Macca Root, Vit E, Tree Tea Oil, or whatever), shake out my brush, dump the cold water from the top of the MWF, swirl 30-40 seconds and go to town in the bowl achieving more than enough lather in about a minute, adding water as needed.

Shaving starts with a cold water splash followed with a small amount of Cremo or Kiss My Face finger rubbed all over. Damn best pre shave I've found. Then lather to my hearts content. Let it sit while stropping razor of choice for that day, re lather and enjoy (with or without music, coffee, a good brandy or a cigar if you are into that.)

Thanks for the suggestions guys! I will work on the lather more tonight.

Tried the SRD soap again, just took the dry brush, dipped in water, loaded with soap, put a little water in the mug and then lathered in the mug. I had much better lather results if I moved the brush back and forth halfway up the side instead of doing full circles in the mug. I then moved it to my wet face and worked it a little on the face as well. Shaved and it went better, less irritation, but still having problems at the jawbone down the neck. Cheeks are nice and smooth, it seems that some of my neck hairs grow facing diagonally back towards my ears. I tried a 45 degree stroke (edge to face, kinda like from the lower neck under the ears to the bottom of the middle of the chin from each side and that did the neck area better, so tomorrow I will experiment more with the jawbone and below area. I am going to try a diagonal stroke from the ear to the lower throat area to try to get the hairs below the jawbone.