I was test lathering some Williams just now and it wasn't performing as well as I'm used to. I thought about it, and realized I was lathering in my old spice mug. I tried in my scuttle and it acted how I'm used to. This got me thinking. So I lathered in my palm. It performed better than usual. Repeated three more times. Every time I lathered in my left hand it performed better than in either vessel. I suspect Williams likes smooth surface agitation (ridges in scuttle, natural lines and bumps in hand) but dislikes sharp surfaces (like the wings inside old spice mugs) which cause it to create larger bubbles. It's just a theory, but for those of you who have mixed success with Williams but have a puck laying around, it may be worth a try.
Williams lathering.
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This is interesting. My only great lathers with Williams have been when lathering with my boar brush on my left hand...
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My Finest badger lathers Williams pretty well in my scuttle (better in my hand though), but my $1 kent boar couldn't lather at all in the scuttle, I moved it to my hand and I would estimate that within 3 seconds it had gone from unusable suds to an at least acceptable lather. Then it continued to improve to a pretty decent lather.
Bummer that I tossed out my half used puck of Williams because it couldn't compare to VDH and now I want to try your theory. It may have saved the Williams puck from an untimely disposal.
I sometimes think that is why Williams is still in business.
Guys who buy a puck, try it, hate it, toss it, get interested again, buy a puck etc. etc.
Well, when you think about it, if we only bought the stuff we needed....
Man, that was an ugly second or two.
Man, that was an ugly second or two.
Well, when you think about it, if we only bought the stuff we needed....
Man, that was an ugly second or two.
See, the fedora comes back and negativity sets in. I almost didn't reach that post.
Yeah, it was kind of weird, I come back from a little vacation and this space hippy had taken over my Avatar and posting, when I asked him what the heck he was doing, all he talked about was free love, Eden and free rent.
I put a puck of Willams in a sock and used it like a sap, and the last thing I heard from him on his way out the door is he was going back to the sixties and he'd see me in syndication...
I put a puck of Willams in a sock and used it like a sap, and the last thing I heard from him on his way out the door is he was going back to the sixties and he'd see me in syndication...
Yeah, it was kind of weird, I come back from a little vacation and this space hippy had taken over my Avatar and posting, when I asked him what the heck he was doing, all he talked about was free love, Eden and free rent.
I put a puck of Willams in a sock and used it like a sap, and the last thing I heard from him on his way out the door is he was going back to the sixties and he'd see me in syndication...
Well, nice to have you back, Herbert.
Yeah, it was kind of weird, I come back from a little vacation and this space hippy had taken over my Avatar and posting, when I asked him what the heck he was doing, all he talked about was free love, Eden and free rent.
I put a puck of Willams in a sock and used it like a sap, and the last thing I heard from him on his way out the door is he was going back to the sixties and he'd see me in syndication...
Any old puck of Williams makes a great sap out of a sock. They are as hard as a brick.
I think Williams was meant for face-lathering. I seriously doubt that anyone thought of hand-lathering "back in the day." Just my opinion, though.
Yeah, it was kind of weird, I come back from a little vacation and this space hippy had taken over my Avatar and posting, when I asked him what the heck he was doing, all he talked about was free love, Eden and free rent.
I put a puck of Willams in a sock and used it like a sap, and the last thing I heard from him on his way out the door is he was going back to the sixties and he'd see me in syndication...
Wow, man, that was stiff!
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It did take awhile for them to upgrade us with second hands. You see some of these poor guys born in the fifties, can't even drive with manual transmissions. Such a pity.
You know, with all this talk about Williams soap, how come I don't see any of the online vendors selling it? If it's as cheap as you guys say (less than a dollar in some places), I'd be willing to add a puck or two to an order and have a go at it.
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It's carried at a lot of B&M drug stores, so there's probably not much demand for it online.
At a dollar a puck, there is also not much profit margin to made on it. shaveabuck.com does sell it however.
http://shaveabuck.com/cart/williams-shave-soap-p-189.html
Never heard of this vendor. Anyone use it before?
Yes i already ordered from him,
service is great and shipping is very fast, in fact the fastest i saw until now.
Yep, Williams Lathering, lead zeppelins, pigs flying, hell freezing over; you get the picture.
I have ordered from him twice. Quick, and easy to deal with both times. He has a nice selection of products not sold elsewhere. He posts on this board as "gman41098".
Here is his most recent ad:
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=135751
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