No, I don't lather after the oil. I've tried oil as a pre-shave before, but to me it seems nonsensical. You apply oil and scrub it back off your face with soap and a brush! At best you may end up with some type of emulsion. I too have worked out a routine for close comfortable shaves and don't usually stray from it. The only reason I even tried the oil/ shavette combo was that I was downstairs, wanted to shave and my Tabac stick was upstairs, so I grabbed the cooking oil to get me through. The result was so much smoother than my lather/shavette shaves I thought I'd ask the question. I'll keep experimenting, maybe try two and three passes with a new blade and oil and see if the results are still good. I can't see myself giving up the old Tabac stick, but its good to try new things.