Thread: Lathering MWF with ALOT of water

I don't seem to load up that much with the MWF, 10-15 circles with the really hot water and it seems to be fine for me, and my puck was unused for 2 months at least. I think the hot water helps the uptake of the soap

I have a pet hate of dabbing the brush in water after I've loaded up, I just don't like it for some reason, this is why I like this method so much

My experience is also that mitchell's wool fat shaving soap performs best with more water than most soaps require

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

My experience is also that mitchell's wool fat shaving soap performs best with more water than most soaps require

I've found that to be the case also. I have no soap that uses more water to make a good lather when compared to MWF.

Originally Posted by Obie

Helo, Nix,
It's Mitchell's Wood Fat soap from England, and it's superb.

That's an understatement, Obie.

I just tried it with my other brush, an omega professional 10098 and I had whipped cream in less than 60 seconds! I didn't like this brush before, but I think its just past the brake in period and I think this brush agitates the soap more than the super soft brush I was using before.

I'm going to borrow some tabac from my friend and see what that does, I remember it being similiar to MWF.

Helo, Nix,
It's Mitchell's Wood Fat soap from England, and it's superb.

if your in the US, I've heard its also cheaper to buy it from England as well.

MWF is the only soap I've used so far. I have noticed that the hardness of the water makes a significant difference. I used to live in LA, CA and had a very hard time getting a rich lather for a decent shave and this was using Lanolin, a scuttle and pre-soaking the puck in hot water for a full two minutes. Now that I live in PA, getting a lather with the same method is MUCH easier and the type of lather is much more substantial. The water where I am I'm assuming is much softer and so aids the lathering process.

Your right, I'm in Glasgow so our water is really quite soft, but I still get much better results from really hot water than from cold water, When I was down in Great Yarmouth, England The water there was really hard and it was a bit harder to get lathering

I got a pretty decent face lather from MWF last night, along with my Omega boar brush. The key for me was starting out a bit dry, then adding water bit by bit until it lathered up nicely.

Originally Posted by gimpyalex

Your right, I'm in Glasgow so our water is really quite soft, but I still get much better results from really hot water than from cold water, When I was down in Great Yarmouth, England The water there was really hard and it was a bit harder to get lathering

I grew up in the UK. Something about the water in London made shaving a nasty affair for me. Had some good times in Glasgow though, many years ago! So, you Celtic or Rangers...

hmmm... neither actually, they're not the teams they used to be, so any team that's playing against them, pretty much