what you with hard water have to go through. I am using MWF only this month, and everyday at my home of the soft water, I easily lather MWF for great shaves. Yesterday was take my razor to work day, as I was going out straight from work and wanted a late-day BBS. I shaved with cold, hard tap water. The soap loaded fine, but disappeared on my face before I could finish a pass, and protection was not good. Hard water shavers, is this experience typical for you?
I didn’t know, I really didn’t know...A tale of two MWFs
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I don't think there is a typical when it comes to MWF
Hard water is difficult with any soap (well most of them)
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I’m not a fan
MWF is queen of Multiple Personality Disorder...
That has been my experience with MWF here at my home that has hard water. It was very hit and miss.
I love MWF, long live MWF, 100% a real keeper in my den and I need MOAR!!! MWF refill puck soaps.
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Yep, love the Fat—no trouble at all using it for a month straight.
I didn't tried MWF yet, but with almost any other soap my hard water yields worse lather than bottled drinking (soft) water. So I just don't use tap water anymore for a shaving. Always use drinking water for that.
+1! A diva for sure!
Well, I have a water softener but I still had a learning curve with MWF. My first couple of shaves I experienced the 'disappearing lather' that is commonly mentioned. I just load my brush longer. And when I think it's loaded enough, I just keep loading. I've actually had better luck with bowl lathering which some guys say doesn't work as well. I think we all have to just develop our own techniques lathering the fat. But, and this is a BIG BUT! the results are worth it. I've never gotten the mounds of lather that I get with Haslingers or Tabac, but I certainly get more than enough lather for a multi-pass BBS shave, and the post-shave feel is worth the effort! (if you have time and are not running late for work)!
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