You seem very dogmatic. The "wet method" does work with many soaps, especially softer soaps like Cella or many artisan soaps. The wet method is just another way of arriving at the right soap:water ratio. Start with more water and keep adding soap to get where you need to be. This is not always the best way with really hard soaps, though.^^^^^^^
Agreed. Any soap will give you that problem if one proceeds as you describe, though, not sure The Fat is any different. I still think it's a myth. I find it as easy to lather as Tabac. Adding too much water at the start was what I was trying to help folks remedy in my lather posts.
In my opinion this thing is easy as pie to lather. People are creating their own problems with it.