Face Lather Convert

Folks,

After finding and watching this video some time ago, I have converted to face lathering with creams, hard soaps/sticks, and soft soaps. I have used this technique with badger, horse hair, boar, and mixed knots. I have used soaps such as:

La Toja Stick
Savonnerie du Bon Berger Cedar Mandarin Shaving Soap
Tabac (I cut off a piece and use it like a stick)
MWF (I cut off a piece and use it like a stick)
D.R. Harris Cream
Krampert’s Frostbite

What I like about this is it feels so good and by dipping the brush in to the hot water in the basin, I get warm lather. I have a brush scuttle filled with hot water in which to rest the brush for warm lather during the entire shave.

 

Nice video. I am finding myself face lathering more and more.

Sent via mobile - Chris

 

I think that when face lathering, the whiskers act like the ridges do in a surbyachi or other texurized bowl.

 

I always face lather. Building lather in a bowl and painting it on, just doesn't do it for me .

 

90% face-latherer, 10% bowl. The exfoliation with face lathering is good for your skin.

 

I never saw anyone (my dad and granddad) bowl lathering when I started shaving. I also don't see the advantages of bowl lathering for myself really.

 

I was using brush and soap for 40 years before I even knew about bowl lathering.

To me, a brush is not just to apply the lather, but to work the beard and face in preparation for the shave.

 

I keep my soap in bowls with screw top lids. It's easy enough to wet a brush. Scrub up the puck and then lather or finish the lather on my face. The puck gets pretty soft with a lidded bowl so my whiskers do most of the lather building.


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Excellent. I almost always face lather, except with creams.

 

95% face lather. I now get good lather in a bowl, but it seems like wasted effort and time for me.

 

100% face lather for me. Cold water, too.

 

on the face lathering. However, I do not see how folks do cold water shaving. Gotta have my warm scuttle lather.

 

The thing about cold water is that it is always available. Kind of like black coffee. I like that too.

 

Mmmmm... black coffee

 

Something we agree on...

 

But don't we both want to enjoy a close, comfortable shave?
How you get there is totally up to you.

 

Well I guess I'm in the extreme minority then given that I much prefer bowl lathering. I face lathered for about five or six months because it was a great way to learn how to build a proper lather. In the back of my mind, I was always anticipating switching to bowl lathering at some point and when I finally did, I began enjoying my shaves a lot more. I remove enough skin when I drag the blade across my skin so I don't need to irritate my face any more than necessary by scratching away with the brush.

 

The guy that posted just before you is also a bowl latherer . It's your lather, build it anyplace you want

 

I find it much easier and quicker to face lather. I always had trouble bowl lathering.

 

Oh, yeah. And black coffee.