Marco's Face Lather Method - Help me find?

[msouthern]

Can anyone help me find Marco's great posting on how to face lather? I have read it probably 10 times, and of course now can't find it. A friend of mine is just starting to shave using a DE razor, and I'd like to send it along.

Thanks,
Michael

 

[luvmysuper]

Do you mean this one on soft Italian soaps?

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...-technique-with-Italian-soft-soaps?highlight=

 

[Marco]

Michael, if you have read it 10 times you certainly have in mind the basic principle of that tutorial:

***LOTS OF WATER + LOTS OF SWIRLS + LOTS OF SOAP = LOTS OF GREAT, THICK, EFFECTIVE LATHER***

This is actually all you need to know. Thank you, Sir.

 

[wscott52]

Can anyone help me find Marco's great posting on how to face lather? I have read it probably 10 times, and of course now can't find it. A friend of mine is just starting to shave using a DE razor, and I'd like to send it along.

It's not rocket science. I melt Mama Bear's soap and pour into a nice shaving mug I bought from classicshaving.com. To shave I put a little hot water in the mug and then prep my face. When face is ready I thoroughly soak my brush and give it a couple of shakes. I pour the water out of the mug and then swirl the brush around on the soap for 15-20 seconds. When the brush is loaded and starting to make lather in the mug I start swirling it on my face. Usually the lather begins to form too dry. Dip the brush in the sink (I filled with hot water) and then continue swirling on the face until you get the consistency lather you want. You might need more water or not. Set the brush back in the mug and start shaving. Every brush I have will hold enough lather for at least 3 passes although I usually only do 2 and some touch up. These were a great help when I was starting 4 years ago:

 

[luvmysuper]

He didn't ask for links to another shaving site, he asked for links to Marcos post.

 

[msouthern]

Thank you all, and especially Marco!... I use your method for soft Italian soaps all the time, and it works great every time... I will describe the simple one-line version, but I also wanted my friend to read the original, from the Master himself!

Cheers from Canada.

Michael

Michael, if you have read it 10 times you certainly have in mind the basic principle of that tutorial:

***LOTS OF WATER + LOTS OF SWIRLS + LOTS OF SOAP = LOTS OF GREAT, THICK, EFFECTIVE LATHER***

This is actually all you need to know. Thank you, Sir.

 

[Marco]

Thank you all, and especially Marco!... I use your method for soft Italian soaps all the time, and it works great every time... I will describe the simple one-line version, but I also wanted my friend to read the original, from the Master himself!

Cheers from Canada.

Michael

The Italian Master Barber who taught me this wonderful technique unfortunately is no longer with us. He was a TRUE Maestro in every respect. I'm simply a regular guy who loves B&B and wet shaving. Thank you anyway for the nice words, my friend.

 

[wscott52]

He didn't ask for links to another shaving site, he asked for links to Marcos post.

Hey, thanks for reminding me why I hadn't been here in years.

 

[joshuastar]

I've been keeping Marco's method in mind when lathering everything (Italian soft soap or no) and I seem to get great results.

 

[phillylion]

I've been keeping Marco's method in mind when lathering everything (Italian soft soap or no) and I seem to get great results.

+1 Me too. I've been using it for everything for past few months--much better results.

 

[Absolute Mustard]

hey, thanks for reminding me why i hadn't been here in years.

haha