Thread: Has anybody used Williams Mug?

Originally Posted by FurryFacedFella

I was in CVS in Fredericksburg, VA this evening and found WMS and VDH boar brush sitting next to each other on the shelf in the same cubby. The plastic handled VDH boar brush was priced at about $9, the WMS was priced at a $1 and some change. Since I'm new I thought I'd wait to see what I could find for both of these products.

You can pick up a VDH kit with bowl, soap, and brush in most pharmacy sections for around $12, and it's a good kit to start out with. The brush will lose a few hairs for the first several shaves, but it's what a lot of guys use (myself included), especially to start out. The bowl is great for holding your soap and building lather. The soap is pretty mild too.

You can also dig around antique stores, flea markets, and swap meets to find razors, cups, brushes, and other odds and ends, though Buyer Beware; some of these vendors think that because it's old, it's gold!

Originally Posted by FurryFacedFella

I was in CVS in Fredericksburg, VA this evening and found WMS and VDH boar brush sitting next to each other on the shelf in the same cubby. The plastic handled VDH boar brush was priced at about $9, the WMS was priced at a $1 and some change. Since I'm new I thought I'd wait to see what I could find for both of these products.

I had (and still have but don't use) a VDH brush. I had a hard time getting decent lather out of it even with a couple weeks worth of use and breaking it in. Even creams that I know give a good lather had a hard time with it. If you're in F-Burg and happen to find yourself headed towards Charlottesville you can pick up an Omega brush from Old Dominion in Madison (right off rte 29) for about $12. Stinks like wet dog for the first three shaves but after that it lathers beautifully.

Thanks for the info. Sounds like a noce ride on the shovelhead when the weather turns fairer!

A member in the forum sent me a care package while I was in Iraq and it had plenty of williams in it. I fell in love with it. I had no issue with build a later the first time alot of guys who walked by and smelled it were like what is that and i ended up sharing it since i had about 10 disk of it. its great for shavign your head.

Originally Posted by SMCsaenz07

A member in the forum sent me a care package while I was in Iraq and it had plenty of williams in it. I fell in love with it. I had no issue with build a later the first time alot of guys who walked by and smelled it were like what is that and i ended up sharing it since i had about 10 disk of it. its great for shavign your head.

Thanks for your service. And I'm still using the WMS and really enjoying it. I keep telling myself I need to give the VDH a fair shake, but I keep grabbing the WMS anyway. I just like it.

Originally Posted by HNSB

Congrats Jim! I'm glad you got an enjoyable shave.

If I have time later I will make a video showing how I get decent lather from Williams.

+1, please make a video.
i can make pretty good lathers from vdh soap and proraso cream. but with william's i can't get it to last more than 5 minutes on my face. in the bowl it look thick and moist and has good peaks. but it never lasts for the whole pass.

Well, it's been about a month since my last post and I switched to VDH and also got a horsehair brush #7 from bestshave.net.

The horse hair brush lathers like a dream. I was going to take it back to WMS to see how it did there, but I just got in some Colonel Conk Lime, and some basic CC soap in a travel kit that are soaking for me to try them in the morning.

That said, I struggled with the same problems you've listed HC. The biggest help for me was doubling my brush loading time. It seems to take a lot more WMS to get a good lather...or maybe just more work to get the WMS from the puck. Soaking it for 24hrs helped a lot too.

I've got a webcam...I'll see if I can make a vid...been thinking about it anyway.

Peace,