Williams Mug Shave Soap Williams Wednesday shave.

[Old Sarge]

Williams is easy. I face lather all soaps the same. Start with a damp brush. Not dripping just damp. Get on the cake of soap. No need to beat on anything. Just work the brush around and build a paste looking mixture. Then add a touch of water by dipping just the tips of the brush. Get to ye ole face and start working up a lather. Remember your not looking for butter cream. Add water as needed by just dipping the tips of the brush. Easy peasy.

Thanks for the sound advice, Fuzzy! I think I just need more experience, both with face lathering and Williams. Having just received two new boar brushes, I can think of no better way to both break them in than practice face lathering Williams until I get the hang of it. Hopefully it will soon be easy peasy!

Lately when I add a little water to hydrate a face lather I dip the tips of the brush then either dab the wetted brush around on my neck or paint it on a bit to distribute the water evenly over the lathered area then proceed to lathering. I guess it's not technically face lathering since it's on my neck that I build the lather. Anyway I find disturbing the water a bit works better for me than dipping the tips then going straight back to lathering in one spot.

I've been doing very similar lately. I kind of divide my face and neck into two halves, a total of four quadrants. I dip the tips and paint the water on one quadrant and then repeat for the remainders. At this point I splay the brush and scrub the face and neck. I cycle through this until I think I've loaded enough water. I probably did this cycle four times in total today and it turned out to be a real good lather. At the time I was thinking it might be too much water, but the MWF liked it well enough.