Lots of threads here (did a search ) about Trumpers soap. Should have done the search BEFORE buying the soap.
Most of the negative comments I have seen here is that the soap is "hard to lather". I found the opposite is true. Here is my method:
Things LOOKED great and I applied the lather as normal with some swirls and scrubs, finishing with some painting to even things up. So far, so good, then i took a couple of strokes with my razor....
...and was shocked by how much drag I felt. Thinking needed a bit more water, I dipped my brush and added some water to the lather on my face. I grabbed my razor and took another swipe but still the dragging. I felt the lather with my fingertips and it felt ok, but I couldn't believe the drag I was getting.
I grabbed a tube of Tabac, smeared a couple of blobs onto my mug and face lathered to finish the shave - which was marvelous, thanks to the Tabac.
Anyway, i rinsed the remaining Trumpers lather down the drain, and likely will never use it again. It has no (or very little) lubrication, and was the poorest performing soap I have ever used.
MdC rose, here I come.
Most of the negative comments I have seen here is that the soap is "hard to lather". I found the opposite is true. Here is my method:
- Shave some soap off of the puck into my bowl, press shavings into bowl.
- Add a few drops of water and allow soap to soak, while my brush soaks. In this instance, at least 15 minutes.
- Pour water (cold) from mug used for soaking brush.
- Turn on hot tap and fill sink, at the same time re-wet brush with hot water while filling sink,
- Go to bowl with brush to lather soap, add hot water to lather as needed while sink fills
Things LOOKED great and I applied the lather as normal with some swirls and scrubs, finishing with some painting to even things up. So far, so good, then i took a couple of strokes with my razor....
...and was shocked by how much drag I felt. Thinking needed a bit more water, I dipped my brush and added some water to the lather on my face. I grabbed my razor and took another swipe but still the dragging. I felt the lather with my fingertips and it felt ok, but I couldn't believe the drag I was getting.
I grabbed a tube of Tabac, smeared a couple of blobs onto my mug and face lathered to finish the shave - which was marvelous, thanks to the Tabac.
Anyway, i rinsed the remaining Trumpers lather down the drain, and likely will never use it again. It has no (or very little) lubrication, and was the poorest performing soap I have ever used.
MdC rose, here I come.