Thread: "Williams" mug shaving soap & Boar's Hair Shave Brush.

Williams is a very serviceable soap as others have said. Regardless of whether you decide to stick with Williams or not, I think that everybody should it as some point, if nothing else it makes an excellent test of your lathering skills.

I like boar brushes very much and have owned a few of them. Not sure which one you have but since I use my brushes pretty heavily for testing, I buy inexpensive brushes like VdH at my local drugstore. These brushes work! They are not fancy but they sure make lather and after awhile, the tips become much softer. I have an Omega that I also love. Lately, it has not seen much action because I bought what I consider to be the best of both worlds: A two band badger. My Simpson CH1 is the right size for my face and provides all the backbone I need while being very soft on the tips; incredible!!! Obviously, most people like the super soft silvertip, they are nice too but not rugged enough for me

Al raz.

Thank's for all the reply's everyone!
Today I performed my very ''first ever'' shave with the William's shave soap and the Boar's brush.
At first I was a bit disappointed with the seeming lack of 'lather' as opposed to the 'instant lather' that I normally get from my usual can of Barbasol Beard Buster, but after another minute or so of extra 'whipping' up the lather in the bowl, I was ultimately pleased with the end results.
It felt 'kind of cool' to whip up a shave lather in a bowl with an actual shave brush.
It also felt kind of 'old school cool' to mop the lather onto my face with the shave brush.
This is my 'first step' towards my ultimate goal...The straight razor.
I am planning on getting my first straight razor set up for Christmas.