That's a lotta beautiful lather. So much you could have tried two passes of the whole body.Another attempt with the CC Venture soap. I loaded heavy (About double almond size) and I got a ton of thick lather.
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Load heavy, more water, and the result is a creamy thick lather. Do I need this to get a good shave? No. But it is possible.
For future shaves, I probably will not load this heavy, which means that I'll get less creamy lather. But it still provides good slickness for the shave so I don't mind. Also, if you feel a bit of drag, just put some water on there with your fingers and that seems to reactivate the slickness for me.
lol. I thought I was the only one that did that with CC. Not for the time period you stated though. More like brush your teeth, load the razor, pick out an aftershave, etc. 3 minutes maybe.Give this a shot.... Bowl lather before hopping in the shower. The few minutes you are there will allow some of the air to naturally depart from the lather. Then a 10-15 second slow period of swirling (1-2 swirls per sec) before shaving. See if that makes any difference. It's a process I periodically follow.
I face lather with the Cappy's stuff, like I do 99% of the time. Almost impossible to screw Scott's soap up this way.lol. I thought I was the only one that did that with CC. Not for the time period you stated though. More like brush your teeth, load the razor, pick out an aftershave, etc. 3 minutes maybe.
I load from the tub and I found it's best to attack it with a dyer synthetic brush and wait a bit for it to deflate a bit in the bowl.
If he didn't want you to bowl lather then why does he sell the world's best lathering bowl? I got ya there!I face lather with the Cappy's stuff, like I do 99% of the time. Almost impossible to screw Scott's soap up this way.
Almost as good as Arko, doggone! And coming from me, there is NO higher praise @Captain Pre-Capsize !
Man....you have got me there.... I'll be back tomorrow with some witty rep art ay....If he didn't want you to bowl lather then why does he sell the world's best lathering bowl? I got ya there!
You are not alone. I have the same exact problem. Also with Land Ho! sampler.I can't believe that I'm the only person who has had this experience.
For my 3rd attempt at lathering Captain's Choice Land Ho! I was finally able to create some great lather.You are not alone. I have the same exact problem. Also with Land Ho! sampler.
The lather is so slick I can barely hold onto my razor, and skin stretching is a challenge, but there is no structure and vanishes very quickly.
I have some confidence it's the sampler itself, because I don't have any problem with the 45th Parallel sampler from the same pack.
I’m glad to hear from others with a similar experience. Feels like taking crazy pills when everyone just says it lathers just like everything else. It definitely doesn’t lather anything like Stirling or TOBS, to name a few. I can’t get those to produce anything similar to CC lather. I started this thread to see if I wasn’t alone and if maybe I was missing some particular trick. I’m finding some ways to make it work well for me and it does have some great qualities when I do (primarily scent, slickness, and post-shave) but I’m satisfied that there’s nothing wrong with my lathering technique as this is the only soap I’ve had to adjust to. Nobody needs to keep working with a product when they have things that already work well for them but it’s giving me a bit of a project and I like being able to understand a little better those who praise it as they do. Because I like the Land Ho scent so much, and because @Captain Pre-Capsize is such a good sport and so generous, I’ve ordered myself some additional product, including the cream version to see if it’s any different. I’ll definitely post any breakthroughs I have. I don’t know that CC will become my favorite to lather but I’ll be happy to make it useful as I love a bit of variety.I've yet to get a good lather from CC. All I get is slick, thin, disappearing lather. By the time I finish my cheeks, the lather on my neck is almost gone. Kinda reminds me of Williams. None of my other soaps do this....not sure what's wrong. I've tried lots of different ways of getting lather and it's always the same....poor.
On a positive note, I love the CC copper heavy bowl.
I’m glad to hear from others with a similar experience. Feels like taking crazy pills when everyone just says it lathers just like everything else. It definitely doesn’t lather anything like Stirling or TOBS, to name a few. I can’t get those to produce anything similar to CC lather. I started this thread to see if I wasn’t alone and if maybe I was missing some particular trick. I’m finding some ways to make it work well for me and it does have some great qualities when I do (primarily scent, slickness, and post-shave) but I’m satisfied that there’s nothing wrong with my lathering technique as this is the only soap I’ve had to adjust to. Nobody needs to keep working with a product when they have things that already work well for them but it’s giving me a bit of a project and I like being able to understand a little better those who praise it as they do. Because I like the Land Ho scent so much, and because @Captain Pre-Capsize is such a good sport and so generous, I’ve ordered myself some additional product, including the cream version to see if it’s any different. I’ll definitely post any breakthroughs I have. I don’t know that CC will become my favorite to lather but I’ll be happy to make it useful as I love a bit of variety.
After reading some of the comments here... I wasn't going to say it, but that's what I was thinking.I've yet to get a good lather from CC. All I get is slick, thin, disappearing lather. By the time I finish my cheeks, the lather on my neck is almost gone. Kinda reminds me of Williams.