Lather Pics

[texaspete]

That's some fine looking Fat lather there !!

Mind sharing your lathering technique?

Thanks

I just used the tutorial on here with the luke warm water method and stuck with it for a while. Used a bowl and added a little water as I went but focused on keeping the lather down in the bottom of the bowl.

 

[MirrodinFC]

Tonight's uber lather that aided in a wonderful head shave. D.R. Harris Lavender soap and TOBS Lavender cream, mixed up with the first brush I ever got - a relatively cheap Thater in best badger. Loaded up my Parker 99R (first razor I ever got too, actually) with a fresh Feather and chromed my dome. Excellent night.

 

[Larsson_Power]

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Tonight's uber lather that aided in a wonderful head shave. D.R. Harris Lavender soap and TOBS Lavender cream, mixed up with the first brush I ever got - a relatively cheap Thater in best badger. Loaded up my Parker 99R (first razor I ever got too, actually) with a fresh Feather and chromed my dome. Excellent night.

That lather looks awesome! How is the Thäter best badger?

 

[Gabeson]

I think you guys got enough for 30 passes there!

My wife would ask "Can you freeze that and use it tomorrow?"

HAHA!!!

 

[msayani]

I think this is pretty

 

[redshell23]

So much lathery goodness....

lather overload

 

[MuffinMan]

My first foray into lather porn. I fear nothing good will come of it...

Speick stick whipped up in a bowl with a few drops of Dr. Bronner's peppermint. Brush is from the AoS travel kit circa holiday 2009. It is a truly abhorent brush.

 

[MirrodinFC]

Larsson_Power - the Thater has been great since I got it. Only shed a couple hairs, and is really great to work with. It's pretty soft for a fine badger brush, so it's a bit tough to lather soaps with, but I make it work. Just takes a little more time. And yes - that lather was damn near perfect. Super creamy, no bubbles, had a really great shave.

 

[Thesil]

Wow wish I can get a lot of like that I don't even come close how do you do it?

 

[SciTX]

Lather pr0n...love it!

 

[Parjay]

Wow wish I can get a lot of like that I don't even come close how do you do it?

Use more product

 

[Kenster]

Mercy, you could ice a cake with that cream!

 

[Larsson_Power]

My first foray into lather porn. I fear nothing good will come of it...
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Speick stick whipped up in a bowl with a few drops of Dr. Bronner's peppermint. Brush is from the AoS travel kit circa holiday 2009. It is a truly abhorent brush.

Lather looks really good. Speick is a fantastic performer!

 

[Larsson_Power]

Proraso + SOC = True!

 

[Larsson_Power]

Proraso + SOC = True!

I used "Marcos Method" for this lather.

 

[MuffinMan]

Lather looks really good. Speick is a fantastic performer!

It does lather well, and smells great, but it gives me a terrible shave. No cushion, angry neck. Just doesn't work for me.

 

[dewynter]

Resurrecting an old thread. Do not stop posting your lather shots!

TOBS Sandalwood + Mühle Silvertip Fibre V2.0 Shaving Brush 33 K 256.

 

[BMblB]

That won't be of any help I'm afraid.
You can smear a one centimeter thick lather on your face which is worthless and on the other hand a two millimeter lather which is just perfect.

Think of whipping up cream and egg white.
Whipped up cream is thick and fatty in consistency meaning very tiny air bubbles invisible to the eye.
Whipped up egg white on the other hand also has lots of volume, but the consistency is completely different. It has more visible air in it.
Some soaps create a cream kind of lather while others create a lather more like whipped up egg white.
And some do both depending on the water/soap ratio.

You want your lather moist and thick (again referring to the consistency) as whipped up cream.

Do you know the classic Nivea body cream in those blue metal tubs?
Well, if your lather feels like that regarding moisture and thickness/consistency then you know your good.
If it feels like whipped egg white, you know it isn't.

Try face lathering in the beginning. It is easier and you have direct feedback.
Wet your face, pick up soap with a shaken out brush and start on your face. Dip the tip of the brush in water to add moisture and continue lathering.
Think of the Nivea cream. If it resembles that, you can pick up the razor.

+1

 

[NesOne]

Great pics everybody! I'm on my 2nd time shaving with Stirling Barbershop. I used the 'damp' method for my face, didn't build too much lather, but got a great shave from it.

I then tried the Marco Method for my head shave, and got a decent lather buildup. Here's a pic after I was done with my 3-pass head shave.

 

[alfredus]

RudyMac + Mike's