1st shave with the FAT!

[ddown]

MWF (Mitchell's Wool Fat) What slick,easy to lather soap and my skin feels great. That's what I love about here the tutorials, tips and reviews makes trying new things much less frustrating. B&B rocks

 

[gstyle]

My FAT broke last night

 

[VT_Hokie]

Glad you liked it.

When the fat is on, it's on.

 

[raccoonandbrush]

MWF sure is a top notch soap.

 

[Krato]

Once you go fat... Well you always come back anyway

 

[gwav64]

It is a tremendous soap! Love the scent, too!

 

[Optometrist]

Glad you have discovered this very fine English soap. LET'S FACE IT, WE DON'T HAVE MANY LEFT!

 

[ddown]

I was lucky and got a grated puck to use. Is it more like a hard soap in the solid puck or softer

 

[Jefebadskin]

Good stuff eh?

 

[sgtd]

I'm still trying to get mine to work. I haven't lost all hope yet but I'm well on my way.

 

[Beezerpuppy]

I was lucky and got a grated puck to use. Is it more like a hard soap in the solid puck or softer

When new, the puck is hard, almost as hard as a triple-milled. If you use it in the ceramic dish, it will absorb water over time, and will swell to fit the dish snugly. This extra absorbed water will make the soap a little bit softer (and easier to load), but it will still be harder than the cream soaps like Proraso.

 

[Beezerpuppy]

I'm still trying to get mine to work. I haven't lost all hope yet but I'm well on my way.

That's a shame. There appears to be a wide range of performance reported by the members of this forum. This stuff explodes for me, and I couldn't make a substandard lather with it if I tried.

 

[turkey02]

Had fun face lathering this morning, just kept adding water to a light, airy lather and then it blew up into great lather as soon as it hit the right ratio.

 

[ddown]

My 1st lather was very easy it literally exploded in the bowl. YMMV but it worked fine

 

[VT_Hokie]

I'm still trying to get mine to work. I haven't lost all hope yet but I'm well on my way.

Can't get a good lather from the fat? Pick that bad boy up and rub it all over your wet face like a giant shave stick.

Shake your brush and go to town on it, adding water a few times and BAM! Great lather.

It's foolproof and takes all of the loading guesswork out of the equation.

 

[BubbleBoy]

My 1st lather was very easy it literally exploded in the bowl.

My God, I hope you're okay. Was there much damage?

 

[VT_Hokie]

^This Guy

 

[harleyrkc]

I started with MWF and its been hard finding comparable soaps to put in the rotation.

 

[DaveMc]

I'm on a huge MWF kick at the moment. I love it.

I've been travelling a lot and using shave sticks (Arko and the Australian Palmolive), they're not bad but they can't compare.

 

[sgtd]

Can't get a good lather from the fat? Pick that bad boy up and rub it all over your wet face like a giant shave stick.

Shake your brush and go to town on it, adding water a few times and BAM! Great lather.

It's foolproof and takes all of the loading guesswork out of the equation.

I tried that method this morning and the lather went from too dry to way too wet/airy with one small dip of the brush. I'm not sure what the issue is but I'm done messing with it.