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    Tony,

    Water plays a huge factor. If you have trouble creating lather, buy a gallon of DISTILLED water (not just bottled water), and give it a try. Soft water makes creating lather easier. Hard water makes the job more difficult and will lead to quicker buildup on your brush. I like Williams, although I seldom use it anymore. It was about the only thing I had for the first three months that I started using a brush. And I think that is key as to why you and I can get great results with it. We know how to use it.

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    I'd have to agree with the water factor. Soaps that contain high coconut oil content will lather decently in most any water, even ocean water, but tend to dry out the skin.

    Our water is "City" water but still has a lime and calcium problem. We filter the drinking water but not the bath, toilet, etc.

    There's one thing I would point out, based on the water 'hardness' variable, in addition to what's already been said:

    If a soap lathers well and maintains moisture well in 'hard' water it should do even better with filtered or distilled water. If a soap performs well in my unfiltered sink water I think I have a good soap that will do quite well when I travel with it.

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    Actually most soaps in general be them hand soaps or laundry detergents are a collection of chemicals and are designed to lather well in hard water. If you have truly hard water try a really pure soap product and you'll see that you get very little lather for your effort.

    Out here in the S.W our water is as hard as nails and really pure soaps perform very poorly. The old water softner salesman trick is to take some green soap and put it into untreated water and all you get is a bluish scum type mixture but do the same with softened water and with little soap you get a glass that looks like a beer with a head of foam.

    So with shaving soap it depends on the composition of the soap and your water quality. I would imagine the store brands like williams contain a mixture designed for general water types as opposed to a custom type soap which is purer and may not fare as well in hard water.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FUD
    Are you suggestiong my own soaps aren't quality? .

    I happen to love my own soaps quite well thank you .
    I think that you should use whatever you like and that if you love your soaps I am very happy for you.
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