Been at this wet shaving thing for about two months. One thing that's been a great mystery to me is that compared to all the pictures people post of gallons of lather spilling out of their shaving cups or piled high on their brushes like whip cream on a sundae, I end up with very little lather on the brush - barely enough to cover my face, even after working it for a long time.
I read one of the reviews on Amazon for the brush I have, this one:
Amazon.com: Parker Safety Razor Handmade Deluxe "Long Loft" 100% Pure Badger Shaving Brush with Black & Chrome Handle - Brush Stand Included: Health & Personal Care
and a guy complained that all the lather seemed stuck inside the brush and he had to wring it out with his hand.
So I tried that and, voila, buckets of lather! Which I then brushed off my hand into the bowl and had way, way more than enough for 3 passes.
It's left me with a big question. I don't hear anyone else taking about having to squeeze the brush to get the lather out of it. But I definitely have to do that, because there's very little lather on the outside of the brush, but HUGE amounts somewhere in the interior.
I don't know whether to buy a new brush or learn a new technique. Any input or guidance would be welcomed on this.
Thanks
My technique is consistent with what the various Youtube videos show:
- soak the brush for few minutes in warm water, along with putting some warm water in the soap bowl and pouring it out.
- swish brush around for 30-40 seconds until there's a decent amount of soap on the tips
- add a few drop of water to the brush and work it in the bowl until it lathers - about a minute or two.
- as noted above, this produces copious amounts of lather, but 90 % of it stored internally within the brush where I can't get to it!!
thoughts?
I read one of the reviews on Amazon for the brush I have, this one:
Amazon.com: Parker Safety Razor Handmade Deluxe "Long Loft" 100% Pure Badger Shaving Brush with Black & Chrome Handle - Brush Stand Included: Health & Personal Care
and a guy complained that all the lather seemed stuck inside the brush and he had to wring it out with his hand.
So I tried that and, voila, buckets of lather! Which I then brushed off my hand into the bowl and had way, way more than enough for 3 passes.
It's left me with a big question. I don't hear anyone else taking about having to squeeze the brush to get the lather out of it. But I definitely have to do that, because there's very little lather on the outside of the brush, but HUGE amounts somewhere in the interior.
I don't know whether to buy a new brush or learn a new technique. Any input or guidance would be welcomed on this.
Thanks
My technique is consistent with what the various Youtube videos show:
- soak the brush for few minutes in warm water, along with putting some warm water in the soap bowl and pouring it out.
- swish brush around for 30-40 seconds until there's a decent amount of soap on the tips
- add a few drop of water to the brush and work it in the bowl until it lathers - about a minute or two.
- as noted above, this produces copious amounts of lather, but 90 % of it stored internally within the brush where I can't get to it!!
thoughts?