Another tip for Williams is to mill into your container. The extra surface area of the soap really loads into the brush quickly.
Williams is kind of amazing
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Tried Williams for the first time last night....and I liked it! 
New puck in the bottom of an OS mug, poured hot water over the top (came up to about half way up the puck) and showered. Tweezerman brush was soaking in my lather bowl.
Out of the shower, poured out water from the lather bowl and squeezed out my brush. Started to load the brush on the puck whilst holding the OS mug over my bowl. As the "airy" lather started, I poured some into my bowl and loaded a bit more.
Dumped the remaining excess water from the OS mug into my bowl, scraping the lather from the sides.
As I've been using MWF recently, there seemed to be a LOT more water in the mix...but a relatively few swirls were producing copious amounts of awsomeness
Continued whipping the mix until the bubbles had disappeared (took less time than I was expecting after reading some of the threads). I've got very soft water so I soon had nice soft peaks (comparable to meringue mix).
As has been mentioned before, the scent is just a pleasant "soap" smell...which suits me fine.
Lather gave a lovely, soft cushion leading to a nice, smooth 3 pass shave with plenty left over (will use a bit less next time
).
It didn't leave my skin feeling quite as soft and "nourished" as MWF does...but it was still pretty damn good!
P.S. A big thanks to Andy (MrGuy) for the trade
New puck in the bottom of an OS mug, poured hot water over the top (came up to about half way up the puck) and showered. Tweezerman brush was soaking in my lather bowl.
Out of the shower, poured out water from the lather bowl and squeezed out my brush. Started to load the brush on the puck whilst holding the OS mug over my bowl. As the "airy" lather started, I poured some into my bowl and loaded a bit more.
Dumped the remaining excess water from the OS mug into my bowl, scraping the lather from the sides.
As I've been using MWF recently, there seemed to be a LOT more water in the mix...but a relatively few swirls were producing copious amounts of awsomeness
Continued whipping the mix until the bubbles had disappeared (took less time than I was expecting after reading some of the threads). I've got very soft water so I soon had nice soft peaks (comparable to meringue mix).As has been mentioned before, the scent is just a pleasant "soap" smell...which suits me fine.
Lather gave a lovely, soft cushion leading to a nice, smooth 3 pass shave with plenty left over (will use a bit less next time
).It didn't leave my skin feeling quite as soft and "nourished" as MWF does...but it was still pretty damn good!
P.S. A big thanks to Andy (MrGuy) for the trade
I find Williams can be very good or bad depending on how I treat it. If I get in too big of a hurry with it the lather will suck. If I'll slow down like others have said and use plenty of water to soften up the puck, load the brush thoroughly.....it makes long-lasting, slick lather. I like the stuff and will never be without it in my rotation.
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Tried Williams for the first time last night....and I liked it!
We have claimed another one.
(Although if Emeril BAMMed in my mug, I might start searching for the Scrubbing Bubbles...
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My SOTD is the evidence,Semogue LE : Filarmonica 14 Castagnon : Williams SS : home Institut ASB
Williams soap (thanks Topgumby
) has an excellent perfomance, better than expected, the lather is not as creamy as other soaps, that are more expensive and exclusive than Williams,....but it's a good lather for shaving. The method to obtain a rich lather is :- Brush drained, almost dry, I applied some pressure to the bristles .
- Soak the soap, only few seconds
- No water in the mug
- Beating the soap quickly
- The first ¿lather? is a thick and adhesive cream, after some seconds beating the amount of cream is enough
- Add a little water drop by drop in order to transform the thick cream to lather
- TRICK: If the lather is light and fluffy, put the soap into the bowl and beat it again with the brush
Williams + Arko (on the face) face lathering has been great the last week. Williams also seems to respond best with my nylon brushes.
Steve
Steve
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i just noticed that on the williams website http://www.williamsmugsoap.com/ they have links to their other products, those products being Aqua Velva, Just for men, Brylcream and Lectric Shave... but if you go to those websites there is no link to Williams. 
Williams is like a woman you got to handle it right to get what you want.
Heck John, I didn't even know buying vintage Williams was an option?
Oh great! Another reason to spend money on shaving. My wife will be thrilled. But, if it is as good as everyone says...then maybe it's worth the 15-20 bucks per puck cost?
What do you think?
I've used about 20 different vintage soaps and they all lather very similarly. One may take a little more or less water than another, but they all give nice tallowy lather if you get it right. And they all seem a little easier to get right than Modern Williams. My face isn't sensitive enough to detect the "good feeling" from most soaps (MWF is a nice soap to me, but doesn't really leave my face any different than tabac or williams does, I realize I'm in a tiny minority here).
My experience says they're worth (as a daily shaver for me) $10-20 a puck. Making Colgate and Williams worth it (in my book) and Old spice too rich for my blood.
IE, I value them at a little premium on tabac (because I don't like tabac's scent). I actually value them a little less at the moment because I wont be running out of soap in my lifetime.
Baba why don't you add your name to the Vintage williams PIF thread if you want to try it?
My experience says they're worth (as a daily shaver for me) $10-20 a puck. Making Colgate and Williams worth it (in my book) and Old spice too rich for my blood.
IE, I value them at a little premium on tabac (because I don't like tabac's scent). I actually value them a little less at the moment because I wont be running out of soap in my lifetime.
Baba why don't you add your name to the Vintage williams PIF thread if you want to try it?
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I've had the best luck using less water with Williams than with other soaps. I've been a fan of Williams since I started wetshaving in the early 1990's when all I could find was Colgate and Williams, a Burma Shave brush, and my Atra (DE shaving came much later for me).
Wow, a puck of Williams has sat untouched in my collection for lo these many months. Such unabandoned love though might make me try it sometime.
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No old Williams but if you scroll half way down here http://ebarbershop.com/store/mugshaving.html
they are selling burma shave and colgate pucks.
they are selling burma shave and colgate pucks.
Almost makes me want to buy some colgate to see if the later stuff is as bad as people say. I don't want to have to know about another soap that got ruined by reformulation though... better to keep my illusion that I just like it a lot more than most.
Williams soap (thanks Topgumby
No, thank you, sir.
It's gratifying to see that little old puck of modern Williams in such fine company, and the La Toja soap and cream I got in exchange was payment enough and then some.
B.I.N.G.O
Patience with Williams will give you great shaves. The lack of, will lead to ****ty shaves.
I hear that most seem to agree that you need somewhat more product when it comes to creating a good lather from the Williams. Apparently people soak in hot water, and load more of the product to get the equation right.
I am curious - how long does a puck of Williams last considering a daily shave for 6 days per week ?
I am curious - how long does a puck of Williams last considering a daily shave for 6 days per week ?
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OOoooo sounds like it's time for an experiment. I actually wonder with all the SSADs and SCADs going on around here if anybody would know this one. However long it lasts using it daily (I'd guess about a month) it's well work the price.
