I guess one of the things inexperienced shavers believe is that a shaving soap should produce mounds of lather. Gillette convinced people that foam was good in all of their canned shave cream ads. In reality, whipping air into a lather does not contribute anything to the quality of the shave. Most of the best soaps I have used produce low-structure lathers. I know that when artisan soapmakers first started to develop low-structure lathers, there was some grumbling in the shaving community until people began to realize that it only takes a very thin layer of lather from a high quality soap to provide everything required for a great shave.
(This post was last modified: 12-20-2021, 11:13 PM by TommyCarioca.)
(11-29-2021, 12:12 AM)RayClem Wrote: I guess one of the things inexperienced shavers believe is that a shaving soap should produce mounds of lather. Gillette convinced people that foam was good in all of their canned shave cream ads. In reality, whipping air into a lather does not contribute anything to the quality of the shave. Most of the best soaps I have used produce low-structure lathers. I know that when artisan soapmakers first started to develop low-structure lathers, there was some grumbling in the shaving community until people began to realize that it only takes a very thin layer of lather from a high quality soap to provide everything required for a great shave.Amen brother. As Nero says, "Good lather is not foam"
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