Bottom line, this soap will get smashed due to it's price. There are many, many products out there that will perform as well or better for a fraction of it's asking price. Poraso for one. Having said that I droped the one ounce Puck into my mug and without much effort I was rewarded with thick lather. This soap did as well as Poraso but better in that it rinsed cleaner between shaves for the second and third passes. Overall a stellar product- value wise not so good.