SMF

Can't wait to put the brush to her tomorrow morning. I'll report back and let everyone know if it lives up to all the MWF/Kent hype (for me).






And most importantly:


Steve

The only down side of buying the Kent dish, is that you don't get the same levitation properties as the Mitchell's porcelain dish possesses.

Enjoy -- remember to treat it the same as any other soap --- i.e. work with it until you get the lather quality you want.

use in good health....its good stuff

clive

Hi Wendell; Clive, it definitely didn't have that magical aura about it, I may have to pick up the porcelain dish. Must have something to do with the Porcelain Gods hehe.

I have to say, other than the soap wanting to dry out on me face a bit, it provided a fantastic shave. I was initially concerned about the fragrance, as usually soaps that are heavilly scented aggrivate my face - I haven't found a high end English soap (Floris, D.R. Harris) that I can use.

Also, the lather was pretty thin after the first pass, the blade started to bounce on my face - All I had to do was re-load the brush (Thater) and re-lather, and all was good. Maybe that will improve after I perfect my MWF lathering technique.

I have to say, no irritation and my face does get along well with the lanolin - Feels great. Comparing it to my standard, Tabac, the lather wasn't as cushioning, but the final result was great. I'll withhold judgement till I get a few more shaves with it - But at this point, I do believe it's right up there with Tabac as far as shave quality. So, it's definitely a keeper.

Steve

after failing with mfw twice i've learned to be patient and really overload the brush. also, don't be afraid to use water.

i get a creamier lather than tabac. try this,,when your face is lathered take your hands and rub the lathered face,,,you will feel the "goodness" of mwf

Hi Gil, I do notice that I had to load the brush a lot longer than normal. I think I just need to add more water in the loading process and keep on a loadin. I have to say, my face feels fantastic.

Steve

desmoface wrote:Hi Gil, I do notice that I had to load the brush a lot longer than normal. I think I just need to add more water in the loading process and keep on a loadin. I have to say, my face feels fantastic.

Steve

yes, i've learned to hit the mwf with a wet brush. i'll get suds but keep loading on the puck till it turns to lather

I'll give that a go, thanks for the advice.

Steve

I go at it from the opposite approach: more stingy with the water initially, but adding small amounts of it slowly. In both cases you are loading the brush with LOTS of product, which is all MWF ever really wanted.

franz wrote:I go at it from the opposite approach: more stingy with the water initially, but adding small amounts of it slowly. In both cases you are loading the brush with LOTS of product, which is all MWF ever really wanted.

i grated a little off the puck for a buddy of mine. the remaining mwf was scored from the grater. those ridges are still there after 4 lathers. maybe the puck is so hard that we think we are loading an adequate amount when in fact very little is being removed from the puck.

yeah, I wasn't a big fan of mwf, but I grated some ( to clean it before selling it, or so was my intent), and stuck the grated bits in a cup. I tried it once, and got a great lather. It was still a lot of work compared to, say, poraso, but it was a top notch lather.

I hit the MWF with a fairly wet boar brush (Omega 31064) and load for close to a minute before moving to the face for a couple more minutes, intermittently dipping the tips of the bristles into my sink full of hot water. This results in enough lather to shave a mule.

The Seeker wrote:.... This results in enough lather to shave a mule.

Love that phrase!

Roger

i've learned to hit the mwf with a wet brush. i'll get suds but keep loading on the puck till it turns to lather

There's the secret to lathering MWF.

The soap in the wooden bowl is just gorgeous. I like the MWF bowl also, but the wooden bowl has a classy look all its own.

That is a pretty picture. I just hope kent has gotten better bowls. Mine had an absolutely crummy finish. But it was bought three years ago.

Shave4Fun wrote:

The Seeker wrote:.... This results in enough lather to shave a mule.

Love that phase!

Roger

Never tried shaving a mule, but I would never be tempted to waste my Fat on one.

Shave4Fun wrote:

The Seeker wrote:.... This results in enough lather to shave a mule.

Love that phase!

Roger

I can't imagine the mule standing still that long!

You can lead a mule to lather but you can't make him shave. Mules are stubborn like that.

Are you lathering on your face or in a bowl/scuttle. I use a scuttle and get a lather that looks like this every morning.