Thread: The Illustrated Guide to making Uberlather

Hi Glen,
Thanks for that, excellent pic’s I will be trying it latter tonight just one question
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']What’s a Snurdle Dipper?[/FONT]

For those in Europe, what is the metric equivalent of a snurdle?

And your lather bowl looks a bit like a cognac snifter. So, you put a snurdle in your snifter, then set it back adrift?


Thanks for the post! I do a modified version of your process, but have not as yet added in the extra glycerin.

Originally Posted by Seraphim

For those in Europe, what is the metric equivalent of a snurdle?

That would be the imperial snurdle in England and the Dollopeen for those on the metric system. 1 Snurdle = 735 millidollopeens or .735 dollopeens...Okay, taken joke to far now...*backs away slowly*

Originally Posted by ragnost

Hi Glen,
Thanks for that, excellent pic’s I will be trying it latter tonight just one question
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']What’s a Snurdle Dipper?[/font]

Ahhhhh the great "Snurdle Dipper Thread" this came from a thread from another site and then got even funnier over here but was lost in the great crash...

Greats stuff Glen. I'd read and wondered about Uberlather, and this is exactly what I needed to clarify things. Got some Gold Dachs soap, Erasmic shave cream (cheap, but I've heard it's good) and some glycerine, and I'll be giving it a try tonight. I'll post how I get on.

Cheers, Leon

Regarding the glycerin. Is that vegetable glycerin? I'd prefer pork glycerin if that would be acceptable.

This must be added to Wikipedia, there's no entry for "Uberlather"

I prefer "ultra-mega-alpha-apex lather". It takes 20 minutes and 14 products to make it, but it's a real treat!

Seriously though, I'm glad it works for you, but I just don't get the whole superlather/uberlather thing. Regular ol' shave soap with a brush and water does just fine for me!

This post is absolutely NOT ment as a sarcastic post, but is this Überlather? I always thought that my lather (which was like the lather in the pictures) was too thin and that it should be slicker. Therefor i used more soap/cream, but maybe i was just using too much soap/cream then? Because when i lather up nowadays, the lather dries quite fast. Does this stay wet?

Thanks in advance!

Originally Posted by gentleman

This post is absolutely NOT ment as a sarcastic post, but is this Überlather? I always thought that my lather (which was like the lather in the pictures) was too thin and that it should be slicker. Therefor i used more soap/cream, but maybe i was just using too much soap/cream then? Because when i lather up nowadays, the lather dries quite fast. Does this stay wet?

Thanks in advance!

Each soap / cream / brush combo, has it's own water ratio..... That really is the only variable in making lather.... Oh Christ somebody is gonna get technical and add the temperature and the hardness of the water in there, but that is going to be pretty consistent at your sink in your house...

Getting the water ratio for shaving correct is not half the battle it is the whole battle... If you don't want to use "Uberlather" itself, as we have seen some people just don't get it.... using the technique on the soap is a method all in itself that is called the "Safe method" for creating lather, only adding water to the base of the bristles will help your lather, there are quite a few tricks wrapped up inside the thread if you wanted to break it down...
Lather is a personal preference mine is to make the creamiest, richest, slickest most comfortable lather I can.... This does not mean that I have to spend tons of $$$$ doing it either, notice I did not say what soaps or creams I was using, it really didn't matter, I can whip together an Uber at the Gym every morning made out of Williams and Edge cream that costs pennies to make and shaves great.... or I can indulge myself and use CF cream and TOBS Milled soap..... the choice is yours!!!!!