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  1. 01-25-2011, 07:52 AM #1
    DoubleEdge23c
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    Hey everyone, it's been a while but I have been experimenting with making my lather different ways.

    I kinda stumbled upon this by taking some cheap soap, cutting it into a quarter of a puck and then working up a fine lather while it sat in the bowl. My original reasoning was that since soap had problems drying, a smaller piece of soap with more surface area would dry quicker.

    I also noticed that the soap went much quicker but my lathers were much more satisfying, shave quality increased as well as closeness without any irritation.

    I decided to take it a step further by macerating a puck of Dr Harris's Marlborough and I was wondering if anyone here has done the same.

    Also, who agrees that a firmer brush like a boar bristle works 10x better than a softer brush like a badger for soap pucks?

    I made a little video a while back too:
    YouTube - Making Shaving Lather
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  • 01-25-2011, 09:26 AM #2
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    Looks good! That kind of soap-intensive lather is fun to make, but it does certainly burn through your pucks. Nothing wrong with that, if it's what you like to do. They'll make more.

    [There's a video out there of someone lathering on soap. He keeps saying "See this? That's not lather!" until the end result is super-thick. Anybody know which one I'm talking about?]

    Agree about the boar brush. I don't even bother using my floppy Vulfix superbadgers with soap. It can be done, of course, but I figure why bother if you have good boar brushes on hand?
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  • 01-28-2011, 09:22 AM #3
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    I use the same way but with a big bowl and a puck of soap, that's my vid, sorry it's in spanish:


    YouTube - MWF: haciendo espuma con Semogue 1800


    I obtain always good results with this method, a big bowl and a boar brush, I spend more soap, but I have enough in my cabinet.

    DoubleEdge, it's better nto to shave the brush, all the brands reccomend to drain the brushes softly, by pressing the bristles with the fingers.
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  • 01-28-2011, 08:07 PM #4
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    Du I saw your video, I remembered it por que entiendo un poco espanol and I was thinking "espuma" meant lather. I find by using a smaller bowl, all of the lather is condensed tighter into the brush so it is released evenly when I apply it.

    I like to apply the lather with the brush and I'm careful not to abuse it but I have had the Van Der Hagen brush for about a year now and it has stopped shedding after the break-in period so I think it will continue to hold up.
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