Well,
I recently got my puck of MWF from a fellow B&B member. Thanks BullGoose!
I thought I would post a quick "newb's" review of the stuff...I've read the hype, I've read the naysayers...I know there are some newb's looking for their next acquisition and contemplating this stuff.
I just finished my first shave with it...I figure I'll post this "one shave in" review and again after I've completed a full week of shaves with it.
Up til now, I've shaved with:
TOBS Almond Cream
Proraso Green Tub Soap
Col Conk's Amber Glycerine
TGQ - Desert Ironwood, Cavendish Black, Provenance Lavender, Highlander Cream, Oak Moss Cream
After a month of DE shaves (2 months of brush/quality cream and soap though) I felt prepared for my MWF experience.
First off, if you are contemplating a "first soap" MWF is not for you. It is a bit tricky to get the right lather. I practiced last night and again this morning. You have to have a pretty dry brush compared to other soaps and the soap puck itself should be lightly sprinkled with water. I brushed pretty vigorously on the puck and then lathered my face...gobs of lather. By the time the second pass came around though, the stuff needed a little tweak (which is fine...my month of other soaps taught me this). It took a little more work and a little more tweaking to get through pass 3 & 4.
That said, it offered a decent shave. If you are a scent guy, this stuff is NOT for you. Its a very mild, nice clean scent but nowhere near as robust as say TGQ Desert Ironwood. If you want to be "woken up" in the morning by the scent of your soap, look elsewhere.
After the shave, I finished with Proraso ASB and a Cold Towel. I can honestly say that my face feels different, and softer...which is really what this lanolin filled stuff is all about.
That said...after only one day of MWF shaving...IMHO if you're a brand new newb with no soap experience, give yourself a month with something more forgiving before buying MWF. If you're a more experienced newb...by all means try it out! I'm guessing as time goes on, I'm really going to love this stuff.
I recently got my puck of MWF from a fellow B&B member. Thanks BullGoose!
I thought I would post a quick "newb's" review of the stuff...I've read the hype, I've read the naysayers...I know there are some newb's looking for their next acquisition and contemplating this stuff.
I just finished my first shave with it...I figure I'll post this "one shave in" review and again after I've completed a full week of shaves with it.
Up til now, I've shaved with:
TOBS Almond Cream
Proraso Green Tub Soap
Col Conk's Amber Glycerine
TGQ - Desert Ironwood, Cavendish Black, Provenance Lavender, Highlander Cream, Oak Moss Cream
After a month of DE shaves (2 months of brush/quality cream and soap though) I felt prepared for my MWF experience.
First off, if you are contemplating a "first soap" MWF is not for you. It is a bit tricky to get the right lather. I practiced last night and again this morning. You have to have a pretty dry brush compared to other soaps and the soap puck itself should be lightly sprinkled with water. I brushed pretty vigorously on the puck and then lathered my face...gobs of lather. By the time the second pass came around though, the stuff needed a little tweak (which is fine...my month of other soaps taught me this). It took a little more work and a little more tweaking to get through pass 3 & 4.
That said, it offered a decent shave. If you are a scent guy, this stuff is NOT for you. Its a very mild, nice clean scent but nowhere near as robust as say TGQ Desert Ironwood. If you want to be "woken up" in the morning by the scent of your soap, look elsewhere.
After the shave, I finished with Proraso ASB and a Cold Towel. I can honestly say that my face feels different, and softer...which is really what this lanolin filled stuff is all about.
That said...after only one day of MWF shaving...IMHO if you're a brand new newb with no soap experience, give yourself a month with something more forgiving before buying MWF. If you're a more experienced newb...by all means try it out! I'm guessing as time goes on, I'm really going to love this stuff.