Thread: Mitchell's wool fat

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

I had the Kent version. Although I've read there isn't much difference between it and the real deal. Ok, if you guys say it isn't, maybe ill try it again sooner!

Originally Posted by Cangooner

Thanks for the heads-up! I like pine-y scents and have been meaning to get some MWF. So maybe I'll put that on hold for a bit and try the Kent.

The Kent soap is Mitchell's Wool Fat in its own packaging. It also goes under the name of Bluebeard's Revenge too. All three products are identical.

Love the stuff. It has a permanent spot on my rotation.

Lathers quite easily for me, but my face couldn't agree with the lanolin content. A little bit is OK, but too much caused me some sensitivity...

I'll always have some in my den. Probably the slickest soap I've used.

Originally Posted by rum

Lathers quite easily for me, but my face couldn't agree with the lanolin content. A little bit is OK, but too much caused me some sensitivity...

Same for me, easy to lather but it leaves my face a bit red and irritated. It works great as a substitute for saddle soap to clean dirty strops though, leaves them clean and well cared for, they come out as new!

Definitely no Pinetrees there... The soap smells only of...soap. It's easy to use and last long.

Other soaps I've tried, like the trumpers, smells great, but are difficult to lather up. And I've think they dry out the skin.

The mwf leaves the skin nice and moiety.

If your soap smells of pine trees it's properly not the real thing but a copy or something.

The MWF is my favourite :-)

I've mamged to avoid trying MWF for a long time. Today was my first go with it. I don't get the hype. I didn't care for the scent, didnt find it very slick, and found it very drying of my skin. I definitely needed some balm after today's shave since my skin was so dry after the shave. I didn't care much for the lather either. It was just, meh. I'll take DR Harris over it any day. I may give it another try, but Im not in a hurry. It's not exactly cheap either. I guess this is a classic YMMV thing.

Originally Posted by Kristian

The mwf leaves the skin nice and moiety.

Can't go wrong with MWF, it turned me into using soap pucks exclusively.

MWF is a Great soap, but you need to load the brush more then you normally do. You also need to use more water to get it right, but its Definitely worth a try more :-)