Thread: Lynn's Tips #3

Here's a tip for getting a really nice hot lather to start your shave. I get steaming hot water directly from our tap. Whether you use cream or a cake soap, use just the tip of the brush to absorb the soap. Don't mush down on the entire brush hair to generate your lather. Once that is done, you can work the brush on the face to get the hot water from below the brush tip to improve the lather and it is usually nice and hot.

Have fun.

Lynn

good tip

Sticky! sticky!

What I usually do (using cream) is to microwave water for three minutes (I don't get very hot water from the tap) and let the brush soak in it. Then flick the brush to get the excess water off before lathering up the cream. The hot cup and mixing with the really hot water from the brush keeps the lather hot at least for the first pass.

I have very little experience with soaps and any experience I have with creams come from DE shaving, so maybe this won't work for SE

So far my way which is ok at warm lather is... I will fill my bowl with hot water and catch some hot water in the sink. Set the bowl down in the water but keep the water level down far enough that it doesn't come over the top. Plus while I am stropping or whater I soak the brush in hot water in a small cup. Once I am ready to lather I will do what I have to do then apply lather to my face. Usually this gives me some nice warm lather.

A good tip Lynn. I have been using the tip technique for some time. My source of very hot water for the brush comes from a tea pot. I can add the very hot water to the rear of the bristles while holding the tip down as needed to re-hydrate the lather on the brush and to add soap as needed. Regular hot tap water is used to carefully rinse the blade during shaving. It takes a little longer but I am never in a hurry shaving with a straight. Unlike Rich I use a towel around waist secured with a belt. LOL

Monte

Thank you Lynn. AT LAST! Something that I've been doing right all along! Been using that brush technique since I started shaving back in high school in the '60s. Must've learned it from my dad. Seems like most things w/ the straight I've been doing wrong since I first bought one in '77. Only used one hand to shave, didn't flip razor on the spine when stropping, etc., etc. I still don't have a feel for flipping the razor on the spine; I pick it up at the end of the stroke and then put it down again. Getting better at honing, but it's still a slow process. Using a modified pyramid w/ two barber hones, a medium/fine and an ultra-fine Lithide . I find that doubling the suggested strokes is helpful. I'm almost there with the razor I've been working on, but still not up to the Imperial from you, Lynn. Maybe I'll have to be content w/ that. It IS a lot better than it was before!

That is a good idea, Im going to start doing that. Thanks Lynn .

That's a good Idea that Ive been doing for a long time ,also the other tip is that I warm up the cup in the sink which keeps it warm longer