Thread: Soak the Brush - It's worth it!

Last Night I soaked the brush in VERY hot water while I showered and I felt the deep warmth from the brush while lathering up.

Very nice, I will do that from now on.

Great Tip!

I had not done this in a long time because i face lather.

I did the soak a couple nights in a row. I could not tell a difference at all... Oh well

I always pre-soak with hot water while I'm in the shower. Then I rinse it with hot water before heading to the soap to make lather. Nice, lucious, fluffy, hot lather. I typically give the brush a good solid flick before lathering to avoid runny lather. Try it, you'll like it.

The advantage to being new to straight blades is that you experiment. I tried to put my brush in hot water while I take a shower. At the same time, I put a little water on the soap. After the shower, I drain almost completely the brush and swirle it on the soap. I lather up on my face and barely need any water more. I might have to dip the brush in hot water once.
I find that this technique will work best with my brush and Geo F Trumper soap.

Gentlemen,

I heat my Georgetown scuttle with boiling water from the tea kettle. I have plenty of hot water in the faucet, but somehow it pleases me to think the Charles Dickens might have heated his scuttle with boiling water from the tea kettle.

By the time I head for the shower, the water has cooled off slightly so that I can safely soak my brush without boiling it. When ready to lather, the brush is pleasantly warm. A couple of shakes and a few swirls on the soap in a shave mug or a dab or two of rich shave cream from a tub of Taylor of Old Bond Street Rose, Trumper or Truefitt & Hill, and I lather directly onto the face.

Finally, I refill the scuttle tank with boiling hot water and park my soap-rich brush in the scuttle bowl to keep it warm between razor passes.

Is this heaven or what?

Obie

Originally Posted by Obie

Gentlemen,

I heat my Georgetown scuttle with boiling water from the tea kettle. I have plenty of hot water in the faucet, but somehow it pleases me to think the Charles Dickens might have heated his scuttle with boiling water from the tea kettle.

By the time I head for the shower, the water has cooled off slightly so that I can safely soak my brush without boiling it. When ready to lather, the brush is pleasantly warm. A couple of shakes and a few swirls on the soap in a shave mug or a dab or two of rich shave cream from a tub of Taylor of Old Bond Street Rose, Trumper or Truefitt & Hill, and I lather directly onto the face.

Finally, I refill the scuttle tank with boiling hot water and park my soap-rich brush in the scuttle bowl to keep it warm between razor passes.

Is this heaven or what?

Obie

I used to do the same thing when I shaved on weekends. It was nice to have hot lather on your face. I don't do it during the week not enough time.

I soak my brush in hot water. I fill up a large coffee mug with hot tap water, fill the sink with hot water to about the mid point of the mug then take my morning shower. That gets the mug nice and warm as well. That hot mug helps keep the lather warm while I shave after the shower. It also loosens up the bristles and softens them.