Finally figured out to get lather from MW,
Had a lather epiphany today.
I keep a puck of MWF in a hard rubber shaving mug for camping. It’s convenient and the mug is indestructible. I also keep my cheap drugstore Wilkinson shaving brush in my camping go bag because if I lose it, I can replace it for under $20 CDN.
Normally I have a heck of a time building good lather with MWF.
Today I poured boiling water from the kettle to cover the MWF puck by about 1/4 inch and let it sit while I stropped my razor. Normally, I would pour out most of the water and build lather with a wet brush. This time, I left the hot water in the mug and just started to build lather with the dry brush.
The MWF whipped up almost immediately and produced a thick, warm, moist, slick lather that lasted the entire shave. I have several top tier shaving soaps and creams and this lather was as good as the best of them. The razor glided over my face and the after shave face feel was great.
I suspect this process isn’t new and probably appears in a post somewhere on SRP, but it was new and pleasantly surprising for me and I thought I’d share.