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Mitchell’s Wool Fat should be lathered with a boar brush!
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I do not disagree. Been a while since I used 'da Fat.. May have to remedy that tomorrow.
supertrunker
Shave Member
Croaps are a matter of choice, but all hard soaps ought to be lathered using a brush made from the hairs on a pig's back, as Gawd intended!
i shaved with MWF yesterday and out of all the old-fashioned stuff still produced, it's great.
T
You don't spoil it by blooming it do you?
i shaved with MWF yesterday and out of all the old-fashioned stuff still produced, it's great.
T
You don't spoil it by blooming it do you?
Does it matter if I shave with the brush that matches with the rest of the colors of my shave 
I thought that was what you were supposed to do?
I thought that was what you were supposed to do?
Longhaultanker
Sr. Shave Member
Please be careful of wide sweeping opinions. I use MWF mostly with badger brushes, and have for years with great lather and much satisfaction; but that’s just my opinion.
Shave&Butcher
Shave Newbie
I hear you!
@Shave&Butcher FTFY
I need to buy another puck of MWF it’s been several years since the fat has graced my face! Personally I’ve had equal luck with both boar and Badger.
I agree. I only started using a boar brush about a year ago. Before that, all of my MWF shaves were with a badger. I learned the technique needed to get great results. And now that I use a boar brush....I get even better results. Everyone's mileage may vary.
Longhaultanker
Sr. Shave Member
You won’t be disappointed. There’s no magic formula to lathering. If at first you don’t succeed add more water or more soap and keep working it.
The brush is really not the issue with MWF, it is the prep of the soap, I have had good luck with all types of brushes so
Da Fat + Badger A Winning Combo as well LOL
Da Fat + Badger A Winning Combo as well LOL
Will this be a MythBuster Moment? Badger, Synthetic, or Boar?
Day 1 of 3.....
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Day 1 of 3.....
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Thanks..I’ll try that..across the grain on the second pass should help get me bbs.. I’m loving the SV 70 th anniversary, and just got an order from Maggards today with the Personna blades, and since you raved about the Cubebe, I. bought one of the bath soaps to sample it..just incredible! I...
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1312truth!
Shave Newbie
Don’t forget horsehair fellas!!!
Ok?
Day #2 - Synthetic
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Thanks..I’ll try that..across the grain on the second pass should help get me bbs.. I’m loving the SV 70 th anniversary, and just got an order from Maggards today with the Personna blades, and since you raved about the Cubebe, I. bought one of the bath soaps to sample it..just incredible! I...
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Day #3 Boar
We have a winner
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We have a winner
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03.27.2023 Day 2 of Brush vs MWF Challenge Today Synthetic
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jimmie
Jr. Shave Member
I see you still have eyebrows, what's up with that? LOL
I don't think anyone has any idea, how many different scents there are? or how many different application methods there are, or ways to take the cream off your face once it's there LOL
I was just thinking? surely there's enough lather for a couple eyebrows left??
I don't shave enough to try too many. and unless I find someone with something to get rid of that they didn't like I probably don't end up with very much LOL
Since they got rid of tallow, and switched to a palm oil base (as of about two weeks ago), it can be lathered with anything now.
If you were a fan of the tallow version of The Fat, you might want to stock up. If you want to try the new stuff, Maggard's and Connought Shaving only have the new formula in stock. Other retailers are on a case by case basis. Call ahead.
As of today Amazon (US) is still shipping tallow, Amazon (UK) is not. Kent (rebadged MWF) is still tallow, but their batches lag behind MWF, so they will probably be palm based in the near future as well.
If you were a fan of the tallow version of The Fat, you might want to stock up. If you want to try the new stuff, Maggard's and Connought Shaving only have the new formula in stock. Other retailers are on a case by case basis. Call ahead.
As of today Amazon (US) is still shipping tallow, Amazon (UK) is not. Kent (rebadged MWF) is still tallow, but their batches lag behind MWF, so they will probably be palm based in the near future as well.