So after a year I've just found a minimal change that makes a big difference to my shave.
I'm exclusively a face latherer ( and have been since about week 1 ) and I've always been happy with my lathers.
I've seen posts about how hard MWF is to lather and I've never had a problems ( it might well be the pure Tasmanian water
).
My lathers are good !!!
Well maybe NOT ...............
Recently I read a post somewhere how about if your lather sticks to your straight when you're trying to rinse it then it's probably too dry. Guess what ??? That's something I've noticed since going to straights. I've had to wipe the blade clean with my fingers sometimes, no amount of "swishing" ( the blade in the water
) will clean the blade.
My standard procedure has been:
1. Soak brush
2. Flick Brush
3. Hand squeeze brush
4. Lather
As I say, that's worked fine for me , I get a "nice" lather everytime.
Well this week after reading the post I've adopted:
1. Soak Brush
2. Flick Brush
3. Lather
4. Dip into the water in the brush scuttle a couple of times while lathering
So more water in the brush initially and more water in my lather.
Well............I've found that my shaves seem to go even smoother, and a couple of areas that I've had to work hard at ( under chin along jawline ) are now much easier to do.
My previous lathers were obviously too dry.
What a difference a minimal change to your procedure can make.
I'm exclusively a face latherer ( and have been since about week 1 ) and I've always been happy with my lathers.
I've seen posts about how hard MWF is to lather and I've never had a problems ( it might well be the pure Tasmanian water
). My lathers are good !!!
Well maybe NOT ...............
Recently I read a post somewhere how about if your lather sticks to your straight when you're trying to rinse it then it's probably too dry. Guess what ??? That's something I've noticed since going to straights. I've had to wipe the blade clean with my fingers sometimes, no amount of "swishing" ( the blade in the water
) will clean the blade. My standard procedure has been:
1. Soak brush
2. Flick Brush
3. Hand squeeze brush
4. Lather
As I say, that's worked fine for me , I get a "nice" lather everytime.
Well this week after reading the post I've adopted:
1. Soak Brush
2. Flick Brush
3. Lather
4. Dip into the water in the brush scuttle a couple of times while lathering
So more water in the brush initially and more water in my lather.
Well............I've found that my shaves seem to go even smoother, and a couple of areas that I've had to work hard at ( under chin along jawline ) are now much easier to do.
My previous lathers were obviously too dry.
What a difference a minimal change to your procedure can make.
