I sincerely think this depends on the hardness/softness of your water. I've watched all the videos and read all the posts and have NEVER gotten what I'd consider a "good" lather from Williams. You're right about the slickness though. Even with my quickly dissipating lather, the slickness came through loud and clear. I'd forgotten about that!This
I finally tried my puck of Williams last week and have been using it daily since. After all the bad mouthing I expected at least some difficulty lathering...I had none. Mountains of effortless lather on the first try. Lathers just as easily as any of my artisans and blows every single one of them out of the water in sheer slickness. Lather was nice and dense and did not dissipate.
Don't subscribe to heard thinking. Williams lathers just fine and provides a fine shave