Thread: "Taylor of Old Bond Street" for Dummies!

Like Matt said,,,,,,,,

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I soak the brush in warm water, put a small amount of warm water on the puck ( my pucks are in bowls that allow lathering in that same bowl as the puck) , pull the warm brush out of the soak cup , light squeeze, then lather it on top of the puck, great thick lather in a minute.

Like the others have said only part of your process I see as an issue would be the super soft silvertip badger on a hard soap. I use TOBS in all varieties with no issue when using a stiffer brush. Not always boar though. I tend to stick with the pure/ best badger grades most of the time. Soft but still has backbone for soaps. A good boar brush would work it into a lather faster for sure, but may have to change your water increments depending on the brush.

I had an issue with that puck also .. I found I was to liberal (there's a first ..lol) with how much water I was actually using ...
but yes all the others have gave good tips !

I'm going to try shaving an ultra thin slice of soap from the top of the cake, put it in my bowl along with a drizzle of hot water and see what happens after the soap shaving softens... ?

Give it a shot. This part of wet shaving can really vary for a lot of people. This is also one of the reason I like my creams.

If you bowl lather, I would switch to a cream.

I have cream, also, but. I actually enjoy bowling the lather and whipping things up. Cutting a sliver of hard soap out of the puck did not work. The sliver of soap just swirled around in the mixing bowl, along with the brush, doing absolutely nothing, however. The disrupted surface contour of the cut puck worked great. My brush loaded up very quickly and I whipped up a super thick lather in no time at all! Great fun, satisfying and a good pass time. I once viewed shaving as a chore. Since switching to straight razors I now have only one regret, that being the fact that my whiskers don't grow fast enough!