Merry Christmas B&B! I was blessed to find a hand-thrown shaving, custom shaving mug, some Mike's Rose and Cedarwood, and a Semogue 830 under my christmas tree today. Anyhow, I'm finding it a little hard to lather in my new mug since it's deeper than a bowl. I think if I mash a little soap in the bottom, it'll work better but then where am I going to build my lather? Can I build a lather right on top of the soap or will it eat up my soap to fast? It's a really beautiful mug and I really want to use it. I do face lather sometimes but I'm still curious if I can build a lather on top of the soap.
Building lather on the soap
- Thread starter isaac d.
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You can build lather on the soap, but it will certainly use more soap if you do.
The Semogue will take a month or so before it really starts to break in and perform better for you.
The Semogue will take a month or so before it really starts to break in and perform better for you.
Why not try face-lathering? It will change everything once you do it, i believe. Good luck.
+1 I find it's much easier to determine how much water to add as I'm building the lather if I do so on my face or in the palm of my hand. Building the lather in the mug on the soap can be a little bit like hitting a moving target...... but it can be done.
Ben
+1 for face lathering.
I build lather directly on the soap with my boar brushes, and I don't notice any excessive use of soap either. As long as you start with a brush that's got plenty of water in it, you'll only use the amount of soap you'll need to get the right consistency, which isn't much more than you'd normally use. I base my method off Marco's method for lathering the Italian soft soaps.
Now for a badger brush it's a bit of a different story, since the knot *will* eat excessive soap, and you'll use more product. I don't have this problem with boar brushes.
Now for a badger brush it's a bit of a different story, since the knot *will* eat excessive soap, and you'll use more product. I don't have this problem with boar brushes.
+1
Lathering on the puck is my preferred method. It might be slightly more wasteful of soap, but most of us have such a huge stockpile of soap that should be a non-concern anyway.
Soap is cheap. It might not last as long, but what's the difference if you use 20% more soap? $4 over the course of 3 months? To me that's not a deal breaker to me. I know some people want to maximize there saves, but when a kilo of cella goes for $35 I'm not all that concerned.
Yes and yes. Some do this anyway. Do what works for you.
Yep, and besides, one should really be more concerned with the quality of the shave and the cushion/protection of the lather than anything.
If you're like the rest of us, you've probably bought enough soap to last several lifetimes.
I face lather, but you should be able to build right on the puck without problem.
