Thread: Does anyone lather directly on top of their soap

Originally Posted by Kees

But eventually everyone has to lather their faces and get the lather onto their brushes. So where does the scuttle come in?

This response is really pedantic, but I'm sure that it may be helpful to anybody who is new to wet shaving......

I think what they're saying is that some people will do 100% of the lathering, right on their soap, before the brush ever touches their face, and when they go to their face, the brush is covered in a quantity of fully formed lather and they're simply using the brush to spread the lather around.

This is what I used to do with hard soaps and a boar brush.

Some people have a cake of soap in one bowl, and only keep the brush on it long enough to get the brush soapy, but not develop any lather. Then they use a moss scuttle or a different bowl to build the lather before using the brush as a mop to spread it on their face.

And, of course, other people will load the brush with unlathered soap or creme, and to all the lathering right on their face.