Thread: Mitchell's wool fat

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Pine tree? My MWF never smelled like pine tree.

James.

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!

I enjoy the MWF when I shave in the shower with a DE. Very nice lather.

Gentlemen, Mitchell's Wool Fat is a way of life. It's part of the sacred right of passage into the wet shaving world. Except that this superb soap takes a permanent place in the luggage. I have used it for years, and will use it into the next century. No uberlather mixing with this. Nothing like that. No need for it. I take it straight and my Hollywood face loves me for it. I have a full soap dish and two replacement pucks. I think I need to buy a half a dozen more pucks just in case the world comes to an end.

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!

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.

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!