I own a pure badger tweezerman at the moment. I've noticed when I use this brush on the DR Harris Arlington soap its hard to build a face lather. Its usually runny or light with soap. I've tried with different levels of water on my brush and its the same every time. Is it my technique or is it the brush? I'd imagine some brushes are better for soaps than others, the tweezerman works pretty good with my creams. I really like the scent of the soap so I'm trying to make this work.
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D.R. Harris makes fine soaps. Since creams are working, you probably need to load up more soap. You could simply double the time you spend loading the brush. Or because you are face-lathering, another way is to pick up the puck and use it as a shave stick. Just rub the soap into your stubble, then build the lather as normal.
I don't know if it will work with a Tweezerman but here's what I do with my less dense brushes and Harris soap:
- cover the soap with hot water while the brush soaks & pour off just before loading
- soak the brush longer, then shake most of the water out of it
- load the soap longer (120-150 swirls)
- instead of dipping the brush tips in water occasionally during loading, I dribble some water on the puck 2-3 times during loading
- with some brushes I will do a couple of extra swirls on the soap before each pass. There's no rule that says a brush must hold enough lather for 3-4 passes.
If all else fails, follow mblakele's advice.
- cover the soap with hot water while the brush soaks & pour off just before loading
- soak the brush longer, then shake most of the water out of it
- load the soap longer (120-150 swirls)
- instead of dipping the brush tips in water occasionally during loading, I dribble some water on the puck 2-3 times during loading
- with some brushes I will do a couple of extra swirls on the soap before each pass. There's no rule that says a brush must hold enough lather for 3-4 passes.
If all else fails, follow mblakele's advice.
If you want an inexpensive brush that will work great with the Harris, pick up a Semogue boar. Either a 1250, 620, 1305, or 1800 would work great.
If you're sticking with the Tweezerman, I would try to up your loading time quite a bit and see if that helps.
If you're sticking with the Tweezerman, I would try to up your loading time quite a bit and see if that helps.
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Thanks fellas, I'll try these things tomorrow morning on my next shave.
+1; any boar brush would make a good soap brush for that matter.
+1 for more soap and a boar brush.
Added bonus is after a month of use the boar will be broken in and be a better brush for you. Semogue, Omega, and VieLong all make inexpensive boar brushes that are great on English hard soaps. For now soak the puck in hot water then load more soap.
Insufficient loading which is a very common problem. If you haven't checked out this guide take a look -- particularly at the photos on loading.
http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/How_to_make_great_lather_from_a_soap
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