Thread: Today's MWF experience

For some reason I decided to drag out my puck of MWF for today's shave and paired it with a shave brush that is not really a favourite of mine. The brush being a Muhle Retro with a badger knot that has a huge bloom and is on the floppy side for my liking. It is also a bit of a lather hog. MWF has been a bit of a hit and miss performer for me.

Proceeded to load the brush like I hated both it and the MWF, long and hard. Face lathered and was reward with enough rich slick lather for my 4 pass shave. I'll be using that combination for a few days just to see if today's experience was a fluke.

When MWF works for me I really like the lather, how it leaves my face feeling and it's scent of good old fashioned clean soap. I may even have to order another puck of MWF when this one is gone.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

When MWF works for me I really like the lather, how it leaves my face feeling and it's scent of good old fashioned clean soap. I may even have to order another puck of MWF when this one is gone.

Bob

While I like my MWF and use it regularly, I find that Haslinger Schaftsmilch performs and feels every day like WMF on a good day, but is less temperamental and far less affected by the hardness of water than MWF.

Together with the small size and optional metal tin that Haslinger sells it in, it makes a pefect MWF stand-in for travel - and at home.



B.

Originally Posted by beluga

While I like my MWF and use it regularly, I find that Haslinger Schaftsmilch performs and feels every day like WMF on a good day, but is less temperamental and far less affected by the hardness of water than MWF.

Together with the small size and optional metal tin that Haslinger sells it in, it makes a pefect MWF stand-in for travel - and at home.



B.

Yes that has been my experience with Haslinger Schaftsmilch also. Unfortunately it appears that Haslinger may have changed their shave soaps to a veggie base from tallow. I sent them an email but they will not be back in the office till 8th January. I hope to get an answer from them then. I get worried anytime a company changes the formula of a soap especially if it worked well as a tallow based soap. Just too much room for screw ups.

Bob

MWF has been my favorite soap since the first time I used it. It is the soap I compare all others to including MDC which, for me, falls a smidge below MWF on performance and misses the boat altogether on price. I have a water softener so MWF easily explodes in a thick rich lather. Bob, you told me about Haslinger so I looked into it but couldn’t justify paying more (in the states) for it when I like MWF so much.
I didn’t know water hardness affected the lather so much until I stayed at a hotel with hard water and couldn’t get a good lather to save my life.

You have to try Glide, by Cold River Soap Works
It’s a shave soap and cream, this tops MWF, MDC and all the rest
For me at the present for now, I’ve tried everything else but
This Glide leaves more moisture on my face after the shave is finished

There are so many soaps out there that I rarely purchase a soap more than once, but I may buy a puck of MWF again some day. It got used up and yes it can be a wee bit temperamental and if it is not used regularly can dry out a lot. The good news is it fluffs back up fairly quickly.

My first shave soap was MWF, and I still love its signature scent and post-shave feel. Early on, I found MWF difficult to lather (probably owing to our hard water), so the puck remains fairly thick.

Gentlemen,

Mitchell's Wool Fat should be part of every shave den. It has been mine — for years — and it will continue to be into the next century.

For some, the soap is a challenge to lather. It never has been for me. I bloom the soap with warm water and then load my brush heavily. The lather from Mitchell's Wool Fat is on the thin side, at least in my experience. Regardless, cushion and glide are just fine. Also fine are the after the shave properties of this soap.

Whether face or bowl lathering, Mitchell's requires some work, but the results are worth the trouble.

I love the Fat. Conventional wisdom dictates that you use a stiff brush with it, yet you used a floppy one and got great results!

Originally Posted by Wayne1963

I love the Fat. Conventional wisdom dictates that you use a stiff brush with it, yet you used a floppy one and got great results!

I am not much on conventional wisdom when selecting a brush to use with any soap/cream/croap. I have found my badger, boar and synthetics work on all if I do my part. When I have difficulty lathering it is usually my fault for the most part.

Bob