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An idea for Williams shave soap....

So I went and mowed somebody's yard this evening after work, and came home sweaty. So I took my puck of Williams into the shower and used it as a shower soap. I didn't have a washcloth so I just put the puck in my hand and rubbed it on my skin. It generated a thin but very slick slurry without a lot of air in it that looked pretty much exactly like KMF cream does if you use it brushless.

Now, brushless KMF cream provides a pretty good shave. So I did a little experiment. I put a tiny of bit of KMF on and applied it to my left arm the way I would for a brushless shave. Then I took the Williams and applied it directly to my right arm the way I did when showering. Then I compared the two sides.

Bingo. Seems like Williams might provide a pretty darn good shave if used like this. Maybe the problem is that people are trying to lather it when really it would make for a great shave if used as a "brushless shave stick."

Has anybody tried using it this way? If so, how did it work? Worse, or better than when lathered painstakingly with a brush?
 
I have lathered Williams directly in my hands and then applied the lather to my face with my hands for a great shave. I think most shave soaps could be done the same way.
 
Uh...if you can create lather and get a shave... How do you perceive that as not working?

You misread; I stated that I prefer my shaving products work for me, and not the other way around -- the "other way around" means that I work for them, which is the case with Williams. Even the Williams lovers out there that I've seen admit that it takes more work to get it to lather; soak it longer, load it longer, plow through a puck in a week or two, etc... I'd just rather swirl my brush on a puck of quality soap for about 5 seconds and have plenty of lather than spend a few minutes grinding away at Williams. Especially considering the scent and performance of what I get in the end.
 
I have showered with it before and rubbed the puck on my beard like a shave stick, then face lathered with an Omega boar brush with great results.
 
You misread; I stated that I prefer my shaving products work for me, and not the other way around -- the "other way around" means that I work for them, which is the case with Williams. Even the Williams lovers out there that I've seen admit that it takes more work to get it to lather; soak it longer, load it longer, plow through a puck in a week or two, etc... I'd just rather swirl my brush on a puck of quality soap for about 5 seconds and have plenty of lather than spend a few minutes grinding away at Williams. Especially considering the scent and performance of what I get in the end.

Yes, but I'm suggesting NOT LATHERING it. Just scraping the puck over the wet face for about 30 seconds and then shaving.
 
I have used Williams much like a shave stick and it works fine. After the usual (Kyle's) pre-shave prep, I just grab the puck and rub it ATG on my wet beard and then face lather. I will use either a boar brush (the VdH) or the Shea badger or my Rooney badger brush. All good.
 
Well JP I tried some MWF today and I decided that I like the soap working for me instead of me working it. SO......can I jump on your band wagon now?!! :)

MWF = no carpal syndrome

Nuff said!
 
Look at it this way...if you learn to lather Williams, than you shall fear no other soap as you go forth in the great wilderness of products that this internet age offers us.






'Ceptin' mebbe Burt's Bees Bay Rum War Crime In A Puck.
 
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