Do I need to soak each soap? Should i get a separate bowl from my scuttle? Is there a lot of waste?
So yesterday I was excited to receive my T&H 1805 soap. What I had previously thought I had purchased before was their cream. Love LOVE the cream, but I wanted soap. So I also bought glycerin and attempted to combine all three for uberlather. FAIL! Because you guys rock, I already know I'm going to get a lot of encouragement and I am appreciative. I certainly will keep trying and I appreciate any advice.
But meanwhile (to the purpose of this thread), I read the directions for uberlathering here at B&B and it says to soak the soap. I presume that means letting it sit in a bowl covered with water. I fear that. That might soften the soap but won't that also make it waste away?
Furthermore, it didn't occur to me that a separate bowl should be used for loading the soap from the bowl that I use for lathering. Is that right? It seems so from other posts. Now, I don't mind this at all. It kinda makes sense. I have a Dirty Bird scuttle on the way.
And finally, I don't want to have to use just one soap during the week. On Thursdays I'm 1805 from head to toe (shave soap, body soap, shave cream, aftershave balm, and cologne). But on the two other days of the week I want to shave using a different soap. In light of comments and suggestions to either grate the soap, or form the soap to the bowl, and soaking the soap, all of which seems to suggest that the person is sticking only to one soap,
So yesterday I was excited to receive my T&H 1805 soap. What I had previously thought I had purchased before was their cream. Love LOVE the cream, but I wanted soap. So I also bought glycerin and attempted to combine all three for uberlather. FAIL! Because you guys rock, I already know I'm going to get a lot of encouragement and I am appreciative. I certainly will keep trying and I appreciate any advice.
But meanwhile (to the purpose of this thread), I read the directions for uberlathering here at B&B and it says to soak the soap. I presume that means letting it sit in a bowl covered with water. I fear that. That might soften the soap but won't that also make it waste away?
1) is there a way of preventing it from wasting away?
Furthermore, it didn't occur to me that a separate bowl should be used for loading the soap from the bowl that I use for lathering. Is that right? It seems so from other posts. Now, I don't mind this at all. It kinda makes sense. I have a Dirty Bird scuttle on the way.
2a) Am I right in thinking it would be beneficial to load my brush in one bowl, and then develop lather in the scuttle?
2b) Isn't it a disadvantage to use one of those bowls or scuttles with holes in the bottom?
2b) Isn't it a disadvantage to use one of those bowls or scuttles with holes in the bottom?
And finally, I don't want to have to use just one soap during the week. On Thursdays I'm 1805 from head to toe (shave soap, body soap, shave cream, aftershave balm, and cologne). But on the two other days of the week I want to shave using a different soap. In light of comments and suggestions to either grate the soap, or form the soap to the bowl, and soaking the soap, all of which seems to suggest that the person is sticking only to one soap,
3) are there any suggestions from members about how to switch soaps from one day to another whilst preserving the different soaps as much as possible?
I look forward to your response. Already figuring I might be purchasing a separate Dirty Bird bowl from my scuttle.
