Fancy seeing you here! I just joined up myself a couple of days ago. I do see a slight difference in the posts here, what do you think? By the way, I am getting ready for my third shave with the DBBS tonight and I thought I would experiment with warming my unloaded brush during my pre-shave before dipping it into the cream. I will still do the undercook thing because that really works. I don't want to risk doing any damage to my brush so I am planning to soak it as usual and then give it the usual shake-out before sitting it in the scuttle for about two minutes prior to starting to build my lather. I will let you know if there is any noticable effect on the shave or the brush. I still believe fully in my statements that since using the DBBS I have gotten my best EVER shaves. Regards, Mason