Thread: Mitchell's wool fat

I have hard water, so it takes a bit of extra work, but MWF does make a good lather. I'd rank it on par with soaps like Tabac and DR Harris.

Late to the party but I just got a shipment of 5 different soaps in to try, MWF being one of them. They arrived too late for use this morning but I did test lather them all and all were easy to lather. I used an SOC 2 band badger brush dunked in cold water and shaken well out on a dry MWF puck. Loaded the brush for less than a minute and started face lathering on my cold water whetted face adding water as I went by dipping the tips of the brush in cold water. Easily created large amounts of thick rich slick feeling lather. Can't wait to see how it performs during a shave tomorrow morning.

Bob

i found some online for $13 shipped to united states from a u.s. vendor...got it in two days and it has been a permanent part of my rotation.

i narrowed down to 4 soaps and sold off the rest.

mdc,
mitchells,
mikes orange,
harris arlington.

those are all fantastic!

I couldn't get a good lather with MWF 'till I stumbled across this method: soak brush then shake out the bulk of the water, load brush letting excess drip into bowl...do this until you have about a ping pong ball size of lather in the bowl. Then load brush fully and go to the bowl and build lather. The entire process takes 60-90 seconds. This works especially well in a hot scuttle. For some reason the MWF really tightens up when it transforms from hot to cool. I've always heard that MWF doesn't like heat, but the opposite is true for me. As it cools off, it gets really tight and heavy, with an almost yogurt like density. It's all I want to use now..I love the "clean laundry" scent.

I love MWF, my only complaint is that there aren't a variety of scents to choose from.

Originally Posted by Stiglitz

I love MWF, my only complaint is that there aren't a variety of scents to choose from.

My solution to the scent "problem". Don't like most scented pucks or creams because it is not heavy enough on the scent for my nose that doesn't smell things well. Buy any of your favorite soaps/creams in the unscented variety, buy a little bottle of essential oil in your favorite scent and when you start to build your lather add as many drops, up to seven, to your scuttle or mug. You will get your aroma through most of your shave. I also add a couple of drops of oil based Vit E to the mix. Over time your skin will thank you. Been doing that for a couple of weeks and my daughter in law (who lives next door) remarked that she thinks my face never looked as good as it has been. Bear in mind she's a licensed beautician and is always looking at people critically. Also bear in mind that I am 80 and skin starts to have a life of its own so it's doubly nice to be told that you have something under control in your life. That's my two cents and I'm sticking by it.