First time using MWF: WOW!

**eneyman** · 05-16-2012, 10:10 AM

Hope to try this with my next order, waiting on my first straight razor and supplies.

**Samjax** · 05-16-2012, 03:01 PM

Enough of this! I've gotta order some.

**Dirk-Lerxst-Pratt** · 05-16-2012, 05:29 PM

I just broke out the MWF for the first time ever yesterday too. Soaked the milled puck and loaded my brush for about 60 seconds. It was taking a while to get some lather going. I was using the finger trickling method. It got much better with additional water. Very slick on my face when shavng. Left my face quite dry when finished. My finger would drag when pulled across the skin. Otherwise, very nice soap with a very mild odor. I'll experiment some more with various amounts of H2O.

**Alucard73** · 05-16-2012, 08:01 PM

Just ordered my first MWF! Can't wait!

**Cagliostro** · 05-16-2012, 08:48 PM

I myself am hoping to grab a puck of this wonderful soap in the near future, heard lots of great stuff about it so I'm sold till I get a puck. lol

**Antique Hoosier** · 05-16-2012, 08:59 PM

I have not used it in years but it is really a very fine soap indeed!

**brucered** · 05-16-2012, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by Dirk-Lerxst-Pratt

I just broke out the MWF for the first time ever yesterday too. Soaked the milled puck and loaded my brush for about 60 seconds. It was taking a while to get some lather going. I was using the finger trickling method. It got much better with additional water. Very slick on my face when shavng. Left my face quite dry when finished. My finger would drag when pulled across the skin. Otherwise, very nice soap with a very mild odor. I'll experiment some more with various amounts of H2O.

i use the "marco method" and a very very wet boar brush, or gently squeezed badger. MWF seems to like lots of water. load for a long time (45-60sec) and then face or bowl lather.

i used mine again this morning with fantastic results and will use again tomorrow.

don't forget to use/leave some on your face during clean up. leaves your face feeling so soft and moisturized.

**cluelessdude** · 05-16-2012, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by brucered

don't forget to use/leave some on your face during clean up. leaves your face feeling so soft and moisturized.

Stop it. I have DRH Arlington planned for my next shave but you are changing my mind.

**Henrik** · 05-17-2012, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by brucered

i use the "marco method" and a very very wet boar brush, or gently squeezed badger. MWF seems to like lots of water. load for a long time (45-60sec) and then face or bowl lather.

+1. You need to load properly. This soap is so nice to use. Especially in the winter time. Your skin will look healthy after using MWF. And soft. Great stuff. I ended up buying a jar of pure lanolin (for hands, feet).

**Dirk-Lerxst-Pratt** · 05-17-2012, 01:59 AM

Originally Posted by brucered

i use the "marco method" and a very very wet boar brush, or gently squeezed badger. MWF seems to like lots of water. load for a long time (45-60sec) and then face or bowl lather.

i used mine again this morning with fantastic results and will use again tomorrow.

don't forget to use/leave some on your face during clean up. leaves your face feeling so soft and moisturized.

I tried finding the Marco method thread/wiki and can't. I know I've seen it I just can't remember where. You have a link?

Gracias.

**Henrik** · 05-17-2012, 03:06 AM

Originally Posted by Dirk-Lerxst-Pratt

I tried finding the Marco method thread/wiki and can't. I know I've seen it I just can't remember where. You have a link?

Here you go. http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...ian-soft-soaps
Personally I slightly press out some water from the brush before loading with soap. The trick is really to load the brush with much more soap using very gentle moves. Especially MWF will benefit with this procedure.

**Dirk-Lerxst-Pratt** · 05-17-2012, 05:41 AM

TY, Henrick.

**LuckyR** · 05-17-2012, 04:31 PM

I don't disagree that MWF is not difficult to lather, nor that it leaves your skin well moisturized afterwards. But I totally get what folks are talking about with the airy lather, I would add to that that it is lacking in the slickness dept. That is, if you add "just one more" pass for some reason, my skin is the opposite of slick.

Perfectly great, when used within it's somewhat quirky parameters.

**nomoore** · 05-17-2012, 05:50 PM

I just ordered my first puck of MWF, along with a bunch of Italian soft soaps. I look forward to trying it. I hope it lathers good for me.

**cluelessdude** · 05-17-2012, 06:06 PM

Anyone get an oatmeal scent with MWF?

**LittleLebowski** · 05-17-2012, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by jochums

+1...i like to take care of my shaving business while the kiddos splash around in the tub, plus the boy always likes playing around with my brush and lather after i am done...just getting him ready for the future i guess

Same here. I try to either do a full shave or a two pass at night and maybe a one pass in the morning. I can talk tommy toddler daughter as she splashes around while Mom gets a break.

MWF beats everything I've tried. So easy to lather and does its job well. There's other soaps that smell better and others that lather better but none beat it.

**LittleLebowski** · 05-17-2012, 06:13 PM

The Mantic59 method of lathering works flawlessly for me. Just lather on a semi wet brush, with the soap upside down and the brush pointing up. Then face lather.

**Absolute Mustard** · 05-17-2012, 07:19 PM

Marco method is nuts...no need to swirl that much

**LittleLebowski** · 05-17-2012, 07:29 PM

Watering the puck a few times a week works wonders.

**FL shaver** · 05-17-2012, 07:38 PM

I'm finding that my puck of GFT Coconut Oil soap needs daily use, like MWF, to continue easily giving a great lather with a short load time. I load both MWF and the GFT soap 15 seconds at most, without soaking the puck at all. I wonder if all the triple milled soaps give up the goods a little easier when used daily and the puck stays well hydrated.

Both produce a dense, slick lather, but the Fat leaves my face feeling more moisturized post shave.