Well, I switched to the old style safety razor as I was sick & tired of hairs getting stuck in the "regular" blades, having to repeatedly slam it on the sink or pass it on a towel to get them out, safety razor do have a nice "fair" space from blade and edge and it's just matter of flush it "as it should be", and since long now I have switched to the regular shaving soaps, not creams, but the old style mug soaps, and I find them wonderful and way better than everything else, they leaves my skin soft and fresh, like nothing else I could try, and they cost nothing for how long they last compared to creams, I like them better even because looks like I am allergic to something in many creams especially the gel kinds that transform in lather as you rub them..... With the cans I get an annoying hitch-mild rash, not sure from what/which ingredient/s in particular, with soaps this does never happen, and I prefer soaps anyway... though on travel I have to go with the cans and I go with menthol ones as they mitigate the hitch.
I am currently using Arko shaving soap from Turkey as I got a box of ten 75grams sticks off ebay for about 6 euros, it's already 5-6 months that I use it and I am just at half of the second stick, so I am stocked up for really awhile, (will link a review from Youtube), it smell like marseille soap which is kinda weird for a shaving soap, I like it, but in all honesty there are better scents around that IMO more suits a shaving product , like williams, palmolive, proraso etc...
Anyway, I do use hot water to wet the brush and so make the lather as of course it foams up more quickly, I used cool water at times, but it is for convenience and so time saving matter that I use hot water, as soon as lather is ready it's just barely warm, but really cannot see how hot/warm lather can make that much of a difference.
Anyway, rather than hot lather dispensers, I have been fascinated with the makers, they require liquid soap (real old fashioned "liquefied" soap) products on purpose, I never seen such things around here, so the products on purpose, but likely they would work with a liquefied solution of whatever shaving soap cream....
That is something I'd like to have or try out.....but I am afraid that maybe the manteinance during the time would be more than the advantage of the wisking job that would save to me....not sure, perhaps they are good/worth it just for frequent use in small or semi-professional barber shops....maybe I am wrong...but I suppose they would clog easily or anyway require frequnt cleaning of the mechanism.
Anyone have even had one?
post was last edited: 8/23/2014-20:25]
but that was a small price to pay for a nice blade at a good price.
