Thread: Mitchell's Wool Fat

Hey guys!
After reading so many people rave about MWF, I purchased a puck last week, but didn't get around to trying it until today. It provided a great shave and I was happy with the results. About two hours after my shave, I started to feel like I had razor burn and couldn't figure out for the life of me, what could cause it. Upon looking over the ingredients, I realized it contains lanolin, which I am allergic to. Does anyone know what other soaps use lanolin?

Actually very few soaps use lanolin. MWF is one of the few.

Tough luck, MWF is a great soap. The good news is, like TBS said, there aren't many soaps at all that contain lanolin. Musgo Real might, but I'm not 100% sure.

Just used Musgo Real for the first time today and it does. Queen Charlotte Soaps also contain Lanolin.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Tough luck, MWF is a great soap. The good news is, like TBS said, there aren't many soaps at all that contain lanolin. Musgo Real might, but I'm not 100% sure.

Mikes Natural soaps. In my opinion some of the best soaps out there. But they do contain lanolin.

Yep Musgo Real is full of lanolin. Both cream and soap I think. I have to avoid MWF for the same reason. Oh well, plenty more soaps out there!!

I had that problem too when I first used MWF, so what I did was this; load the brush just a little bit on the MWF and continue loading on a puck of Tabac, I had no burn. Over a couple of days I did this loading more and more of the MWF and less of the Tabac. After a week or so I could use the MWF solo without irritation, it's a nice soap but it's not my favorite. I always use it when I want to clean my strop since I prefer the leftover MWF lather in the bowl over saddle soap for that purpose.

Does anyone know how to melt MWF into a bowl? I ruined my first and only cake of it trying to...it bubbled up all over the place!

Originally Posted by Wayne1963

Does anyone know how to melt MWF into a bowl? I ruined my first and only cake of it trying to...it bubbled up all over the place!

I have never melted it. But my MWF always expands into my bowl. It may be best to just put the puck in and see what happens. If it is not a flat bowl try cutting to fit your bowl and add the shaving on top or the sides. It did take a few shaves for it to do this.

Wayne..

Just grate it with a kitchen grater and press it into your bowl. I do that to put MWF into stick form in an empty Tabac container. Works like a charm.

rs,
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