I have had my soap cake and container of MWF for nearly a hear and have tried to build lather with it a few times. My results? Meh...nothing to write home about. I had either too thin a lather, or two much water in the brush to really give it a solid go. A good carpenter never blames his tools, and I love the smell of MWF so I decided to switch technique and try again. Enter Omega.
I watched a few lather videos, and tried again with my 31025 I think that previously, my soap was not wet enough, but I gave it a good soak, poured some water into a bowl and rather than a face lather, I gave it the bowl treatment.
Woah! Thick gobs of lather just popped all over the bowl! I gave it about 30 seconds one way, 30 seconds the other and lathered up. I am strictly a badger user and only purchased a boar to give it a fair go because of all the talk on the boards. Lathered nicely, boar bristles may be a bit longer than I prefer but I'll tell you it felt like i had a quarter-inch of heavy, slick goodness that stayed put and warmed the beard something lovely! Plenty of lather for two passes (and a gratuitous third, jsut because i didn't really want to stop). Absolutely fantastic shave. gonna give this a go for the rest of the week and then cycle into the rotation. Once again, thanks B & B for the tips. Well done gentlemen!
I watched a few lather videos, and tried again with my 31025 I think that previously, my soap was not wet enough, but I gave it a good soak, poured some water into a bowl and rather than a face lather, I gave it the bowl treatment.
Woah! Thick gobs of lather just popped all over the bowl! I gave it about 30 seconds one way, 30 seconds the other and lathered up. I am strictly a badger user and only purchased a boar to give it a fair go because of all the talk on the boards. Lathered nicely, boar bristles may be a bit longer than I prefer but I'll tell you it felt like i had a quarter-inch of heavy, slick goodness that stayed put and warmed the beard something lovely! Plenty of lather for two passes (and a gratuitous third, jsut because i didn't really want to stop). Absolutely fantastic shave. gonna give this a go for the rest of the week and then cycle into the rotation. Once again, thanks B & B for the tips. Well done gentlemen!
