When Slick is too Slick?

Try reading Marco from Panacrema's take on this subject.
He sees it quite a bit different.
For him slickness is almost unnecessary.

I'll link to his Nuavia thread in here later.

Try reading Marco from Panacrema's take on this subject.
He sees it quite a bit different.
For him slickness is almost unnecessary.

I'll link to his Nuavia thread in here later.

That does not work for me and I have tried it. My skin needs slickness when shaving. It's not overrated or misunderstood, it's simply imperative in my case. I suppose it depends on the skin type of each individual though, as I'm sure some require more or less sickness.

Try reading Marco from Panacrema's take on this subject.
He sees it quite a bit different.
For him slickness is almost unnecessary.

I'll link to his Nuavia thread in here later.

That does not work for me and I have tried it. My skin needs slickness when shaving. It's not overrated or misunderstood, it's simply imperative in my case. I suppose it depends on the skin type of each individual though, as I'm sure some require more or less sickness.

I would tend to agree, I also enjoy a bit of slickness, also after the lather is gone, so I can do a a J hooking and some buffing without feeling there is no protection left on my skin.

Good soaps and creams gives me this, Nuavia actually included

But just found it interesting how different we all are. Some like the fluffy lather, others prefer the more yoghurt like dense lather.

I prefer a lather somewhat in the middle, a bit of fluffiness and also somewhat thick and youghurt like.

I should ban all of you so you don't keep forcing my hand to buy Nuavia.

Try reading Marco from Panacrema's take on this subject.
He sees it quite a bit different.
For him slickness is almost unnecessary.

I'll link to his Nuavia thread in here later.

That does not work for me and I have tried it. My skin needs slickness when shaving. It's not overrated or misunderstood, it's simply imperative in my case. I suppose it depends on the skin type of each individual though, as I'm sure some require more or less sickness.

I would tend to agree, I also enjoy a bit of slickness, also after the lather is gone, so I can do a a J hooking and some buffing without feeling there is no protection left on my skin.

Good soaps and creams gives me this, Nuavia actually included  

But just found it interesting how different we all are. Some like the fluffy lather, others prefer the more yoghurt like dense lather.

I prefer a lather somewhat in the middle, a bit of fluffiness and also somewhat thick and youghurt like.

I like my lather the same as you, somewhat in the middle but learning toward thick on the first pass. There are some soaps that won't remain stable if enough water isn't added. Also, there are soaps that simply don't perform anywhere close to their full potential if the water is lacking, yet will still produce a stable lather and can therefore fool less experienced wet-shavers into thinking they lathered it properly and the soap just isn't a good performer.

I should ban all of you so you don't keep forcing my hand to buy Nuavia.  

Lol! Easy now, we can't help it. It's a wonderful soap worth experiencing but I believe Pure20 is equal in performance. Nauvia might have the edge on post shave but that's about it, and Pure20 still has a great post shave too. Both soaps will remain in my rotation for sure.

Good points all! Gotta have some slickness or its most likely not going to be a good shave. I can see where having too much could be an issue if it comes at the expense of protection. I use mostly SEs and have found they perform better with a slicker lather so that's what I go for.

I like my lather the same as you, somewhat in the middle but learning toward thick on the first pass.

Likewise.

I pretty much go on autopilot and make subtle adjustments as I build through the shave. Second nature, but go for more slickness after the first pass.

There have been soaps that left a lot of residual lubrication that didn't so much bother me as much as I just noticed it.  TOBS, oddly enough was one that really stood out. It was almost freakish - like they dumped a bunch of silicone in there.  Dr. Jon's to a lesser degree.  I rinse my face well after a shave, so like I said...  No harm, no foul. No such thing as too much slickness, if you ask me.

I didn't realize there was such a thing as too much slickness in a shave soap. Now that I use straights exclusively, slickness has become paramount to me. Soaps that dont provide good-to-great slickness for whatever reason are out of my rotation these days., regardless of what other positive attributes they might possess.