Mitchell Wool Fat shaving soap - my opinion

Pours tea ( a keemun) from my brown betty into a sterling over the teacup strainer. Milk and sugar, Aunt Violet? Oh thankyou, yes and now; what ever is this Clause person going on about Mitchell's Wool Fat. Is he another american? Nothing personal. No, danish. Well, we must make allowances, but do explain things for him.
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Mitchell's Wool Fat has been around since 1893 in the same stone building scarcely bigger than many 'artisan' facilities of today. It is largely unchanged except by the onerous dictates of regulatory bodies insisting on protecting us from ourselves. Six generations of men have thought enough to keep MWF profitable while other enterprises have come and gone. Few soaps can boast such longevity or value pricepoint. Is it for everyone? Of course not and we happy few would never deign to impose it on others so not inclined or blessed.
Well done, I see there are two russian tea cookies left.

Pours tea ( a keemun) from my brown betty into a sterling over the teacup strainer.
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Well done, I see there are two russian tea cookies left.

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I'm with Claus - too much work for not enough result. I would say that MWF has the most variation in customer satisfaction. Many swear by it and many have trouble with it.

If walking back into history, I would put Tabac first.

I'm with Claus - too much work for not enough result.  I would say that MWF has the most variation in customer satisfaction.  Many swear by it and many have trouble with it.

If walking back into history, I would put Tabac first.

Yes Tabac, some love the scent others not so much but you can't deny that you get a great shave every time with Tabac.

I'm with Claus - too much work for not enough result.  I would say that MWF has the most variation in customer satisfaction.  Many swear by it and many have trouble with it.

If walking back into history, I would put Tabac first.

Yes Tabac, some love the scent others not so much but you can't deny that you get a great shave every time with Tabac.

I'm a fan of the tabac scent myself. I've also never had a problem lathering the puck of tabac soap.

I've never had a problem with MWF, I have hard(ish) water, I did however grate the puck and press it into the ceramic container to fill it so it didn't spin in the container, lathers well, maybe I've just been lucky

Claus, this has to be my favorite MWF review of all time!

The Fat has been hit or miss for me over the past two years. More misses than hits with various types of water, soaking, loading for days, lathering for weeks, and so on. I still keep it around. I can't seem to throw ANYTHING away! :-)

Shaved with MWF today. Had some of the best, creamiest lather than many other soaps. My face feels awesome too- bbs, post shave feel is still bbs hours afterward, and I really do like the scent. I used a semogue 1305 with it and bloomed it while I was in the shower.

The shave so good I wanted to shave again. Ever had one of those?


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I've never really had an issue with MWF and my water is on the hardish side.

I did find that Institut Karite is in a similar vein as MWF in post shave feel and scent but much easier to lather (a little slicker too for me). Worth a try if MWF doesn't work for you.

I've never really had an issue with MWF and my water is on the hardish side.

I did find that Institut Karite is in a similar vein as MWF in post shave feel and scent but much easier to lather (a little slicker too for me). Worth a try if MWF doesn't work for you.

I'm no longer sure the hard water is the main reason why MWF will not work for so many.
I believe either a chemical used in the water or an oil in some peoples skin makes MWF impossible to lather.

I have no reason to believe only hard water is causing the problems solely any longer.