Originally Posted by
prodigy
Ok I've been enlightened to making lather. Turns out mainaman is local and was kind enough to give me a full rundown, from honing to lather making. I was using 1/10 as much water as I should have been. Now I've only made a practice lather and not actually shaved, the lather is night and day different. I also have some razorock on the way and I think I'm going to try a few other quality brands. I feel like there are a lot of personal preferences involved in this topic and the only way to know what's going to be my favorite is to try them as much as possible. I'm also excited because we honed one of my razors on his gokumyo 20k! I hope it's not as good as they say it is because I'm afraid I'll not only want, but have to have one. Thanks for all the tips, I think I'm heading down the right road now and I'll post again after my next shave.