Thread: Modern Williams chalenge

Like Utopian probably has, I have shaved with Williams Mug soap exclusively until the puck was gone many times. (If one is sparing with it a puck can last a long time!)

I agree with you, Utopian, face lathering seems to produce better lather than lathering in an eponymous mug. No idea why.

Thanks, CaliforniaCajun - reading that Williams Mug shave soap will still be available, albeit in a limited way made me surprisingly happy.

Originally Posted by Utopian

So just like my attempt to corner the market on "old Coke," apparently my warehouse of Williams ain't gonna pan out either?

Well, I have been shaving with it for the last few days, and I must say that I think it is much easier to make a perfectly good lather with it when I face lather rather than making lather in a bowl. I hardly ever face lather, but it is in fact a bit more satisfying to do so and I think I will do much more of it in the future, even after my two weeks of Williams are up!

Me i have no trouble bowl lathering it, i did tried face lathering it and to my personnal prefference i preffer bowl lathering. Gino

I have used up 3or 4 pucks since I started shaving. I still have almost 4 pucks but have been using proraso, Arko, and some samples of creams and MWF. I can get a good lather out of williams but it isn't as good a skin conditioner as the other soaps and creams I've been using. Until the last 3 months I only had Williams so I got used to it.

I've been looking for a new job for a year now and have had no success. I started shaving with Williams about a week ago. On Wednesday night I heard about a new job that had not been advertised yet. I interviewed for it on Thursday morning and was offered the job that afternoon. Then on Friday I pitched a meeting for another job and they scrambled to set up a couple of rushed interviews for this Monday.

Was Williams responsible for any of this? Probably not--but now I'm not shaving with anything else for a while!

Originally Posted by Utopian

I've been looking for a new job for a year now and have had no success. I started shaving with Williams about a week ago. On Wednesday night I heard about a new job that had not been advertised yet. I interviewed for it on Thursday morning and was offered the job that afternoon. Then on Friday I pitched a meeting for another job and they scrambled to set up a couple of rushed interviews for this Monday.

Was Williams responsible for any of this? Probably not--but now I'm not shaving with anything else for a while!

Good for you! I'm happy things are working out for you. Thanks for sharing.

I'm not sure if I can even find it locally anymore. Lots of places that carried it do not have it anymore.

Lots of places sell it online. Of course shipping may be more than the soap itself.

Yesterday morning I had to prepare for a job pitch meeting. Since I had good luck with Williams earlier and vowed to continue with it for a couple of weeks, I chose to stick with it. Just for fun I honed up a razor I had intended to clean up for the past few years, but decided to just go ahead with it as is. I honed it up on an Ohira Renge Suita followed by a Nakayama Kiita. The razor and hones are in the photo below.

Despite my contention that Williams is not a "high quality" shaving soap, I got a fantastic shave!

The local jail got to be in such disrepair they couldn't use it anymore. So, for the petty offense violators our judge orders them to shave with Williams for 90 days. I understand some would rather be carted off to the county jail and do real time instead.

Cruel and inhumane!