Thread: What additives do you add to your scuttle/lathering bowl?

I really good soap or cream will stand alone and produce a very good shave as long as your technique is good.

With that being said there is no such thing as the perfect soap or cream if there was we would all be using it.

So yes if I am trying s soap or cream I try by itself, how does it perform. If it meets my expectations then I will add it to my "rotation". Right now my rotation is castle Forbes and Stirling soap so yes my expectations are high.

As i said above there is no such thing as perfect so i will experiment with adding some thing to it to make it better, why not its fun.

Right now what do i add, some maco root cream to my Stirling works great we used to call it super lather, maybe I'll try mixing Stirling with castle Forbes next.

My original post was missing information. I have been wet shaving for over 40 years, started with an Old Spice kit; mug, puck, after shave and brush. About 20 years ago I started to add about 3 drops of olive oil to the lather to make my face slicker. I started with the straight razor a couple of years ago and that has opened up a whole new world for me.

The only soap I have had problems lathering was a puck from Armani, I grated it together with some Arko and made a very nice soap, wish I could get more Armani.

This discussion has caused me to rethink the necessity of adding the olive oil but I will definitely not forget the Aqua.
Thanks for all the suggestions and advice.
Al