New Question: What kind of shaver are you Part II

Hey All:

I was wondering how many of us are face latherers and how many of us are mug latherers?

When I had my three year old floppy badger, I was going to the face. Now with the Vulfix mixed 404 in town, I am going to the mug.

So which is your preferred method and why. Also if you have any other approaches please share. I look forward to learning some more.

scott

 

Scott,
I am a bowl latherer because I build a great lather with either my badgers or boars. On my last pass I breach the brush to bring the rest of lather out of the brush for the last pass.
I have tried face lathering personally the quality of shave was not not there for me.

 

I guess I am a hybrid mug-face latherer. I tend to get a decent lather started in the mug to last for 3 passes+, then face lather to get it nice and thick.

 

I am quite the opposite of Brad, I go to the mug just long enough to load up my brush and then I build up my lather right there on my face. I get consistently awesome results from face lathering so I tend to use it more often than not. I do get very good results from bowl lathering too but it just adds the step of cleaning up a bowl too, at the end of my shave.

 

I abandoned the bowl as soon as I tried face lathering. For me there is no going back, as I found it's too easy to get perfect lather every time. I get excellent lather with the bowl too but I feel like for me face lathering helps the beard get softened and the brush helps for better exfoliation and complexion.

 

Mug latherer here. Tried to face lather several times with a very messy and less than acceptable results.

 

Face latherer here! I started using a bowl and never even thought of anything else. Until I got into DE shaving and got myself a variety of soaps including some shave sticks. That was the turning point and never looked back.

 

I like a mug but also really like to scub it into my face for each pass for the exfoliation factor, so I guess my lather is made in the mug and actively applied to my face.

I enjoy making the lather and watching it fill the mug too

 

Mug. Kinda looking forward to the Face Lathering Theme Week in January. I'll focus on the technique then. Until then, I just prefer the mug.

 

I'm about 70% face latherer and 30% mug/scuttle. I like the scuttle best. I only have time for it on Fridays when I do my straight shave. I include the stick with my 70% face lather. I like variety.

 

Would love to try a scuttle. It sounds unreal.

 

For the most part, I lather in a scuttle. When I mug lather, it is strictly because I have a Green Marvy Mug that my Vintage Williams lives in. I do face lather, but really only when I am travelling, for the most part. I went on a face lather only kick awhile back, as an add on to my travelling face lather experience. Every now and then, when I use a shave stick, I have to face lather by default... I also from time to time slap a dap of cream on each cheek and here and there and face lather if I am in a hurry.

Mostly though, I lather in the scuttle, because I like warm lather.

 

I started off lathering in a bowl, but dropped my bowl of choice. While waiting on a replacement, I face lathered. I don't think I have bowl lathered since.

 

Great posts everyone. I am learning so much.

 

Tried bowl lathering, but face lathering worked better for me. I travel alot, so face lathering is just simpler.

 

I'm a mug latherer. But with my new silvertip brush, the handle is much too small to use my mug, so I have been going through a crash course in face lathering...I think it is time to look up mantic's videos again.

 

I boil water in the tea-pot for the scuttle. My third pass still offers up hot lather-pure luxury. My brother got a hot pot to warm water for his scuttle-he says
that works very well.

 

About 90% bowl lathering for me. I only face lather on a whim or when I'm traveling.

 

Face. For me it's the equally good results in less time. I also like having one less thing to clean.

 

I used to bowl lather exclusively and I never even had an inclination to face lather. I couldn't understand how you could get a good lather from just your face. That was until I got an Arko shave stick and was more or less forced to face lather. It worked fantastically and now I find myself face lathering more than half of the time. I also find that it saves a little time in the morning to face lather.