Tips & Tricks - Bowl lathering 

1:37 -- "some guys go for 30 seconds, some guys go for 15 seconds ..." -- I just about choked on my coffee.... OMG 😁😁😁 I'm dead.

I have really improved my bowl lathering, I used to use 1/2 tsp of shave soap for a 3-pass shave. Now I use 5/32 tsp for the same 3-pass shave. It helps that I use the Supply Marble Lathering Bowl which is a lathering machine. After I whip up the lather I continue to work it on my face to increase the volume. I use Highland Springs "Havana Vieja" and I am extremely pleased with the results. Excellent glide and post-shave feel.

Great video, very helpful. I’ve been adding way to much water.

I am amazed at how much soap you used for so little lather

I prefer bowl lathering. Then, really working the lather into the whiskers and skin. It seems that the time spent working the good ingredients we're paying for into the skin, instead of rushing through a lathering, gives me the best result. Also enjoy smelling a terrific soap too! BTW, I watched how much water I typically added to my soaps, and found half an ounce was about right each time. Now, I use a cool little shot glass half filled to add as I mix. Seems to work for me consistently. Great work as always Rudd. Please keep 'em coming!

Thank you .this works like a charm. Gonna to subscribe because you one badass at lathering. Got some west coast shave cream come next week. Thank you.

another great shave

Great demo!

Well...that's a lather 😁, thanx for sharing mate.

is that how much your normally load on your brushes?

Thanks for the tips, very helpful

Good demo Ruds.

I usually scrape out a pea-sized amount of un-bloomed soap, spread it through the bottom of a barely textured plastic salsa bowl and start the lathering process with a barely damp synthetic brush (a 26mm or larger knot is best). With some soaps it may be pasty at first, but throughout the process periodically extract any lather that accumulates within the knot, spread it through the bottom of the bowl, add a little water, then re-work it until it either needs extracted and re-worked again (with additional water) or has accumulated into a volume (and thickness) of lather suitable for your needs. This process also works with flakes of triple milled shaving soap. At some point I may get an additional cheap, plastic salsa bowl and work a cheap shaving cream (like Derby, which is very easy to lather), but briefly microwave this lather and apply it to my beard to soften it for an easier shave. It's hardly the thorough beard prep one receives when visiting Farzad's Barber Shop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, but it's a bit easier. He initially applies warm, moisturizing cream, multiple hot towels and a warm lather from a machine, before applying a lather he creates in a bowl. Search out 'Full Shave Tutorial by Farzad at Farzad's Barber Shop'. The barbers at 'Schorem Haarsnijder en Barbier' (aka 'The Scumbag Barbers of Rotterdam') are big fans of him and use his videos when training new barbers.

Just recently got my man a set but have yet to figure out if you need a certain soap for it or if using shaving cream would be just fine.

I'm about to post a video showing my bowl lathering method, but I swear that I didn't steal the idea from you. Great video, btw.

Thanks Rudd I think I’ve been doing it wrong I have tried proraso sensitive and I find that it dries on my face I’ve also tried tobs grapefruit and the same thing I also tried Dr Harris lavender cream in a tube and that was good but I’m gonna try this method. Maybe I’ve been doing it wrong thanks.

Thanks for the info this I did not know

Bowl Lather vs Face Lather Which is better?

Can you give me a link to where the lather bowl came from ?

Hey Ruds I just picked up some Van Youlay vegan and tallow soaps, would you recommend bowl or face lathering?

Do you have any tips on how to clean a shaving brush and a safety razor?

What audio equipment are you using?

Don't you kinda feel like it's an extra step? I tried bowl lathering when I first started and I got really tired of loading the brush from the soap from it's own bowl, working lather from another bowl, then applying to my face. I felt like I also got better results because I was able to feel the lather develop on my face which I really don't get in a bowl. Good demonstration on how things should be done though. When I first started, knowing how much water to add was really a problem.

I put up 2 shelves in the time it took you to make a lather.

Link for the brush?

Thnx mate

I would never bloom a puck like that. Just wet the brush

Lather bowls are great!.....for cereal!

‘Tasty’ with soap???

Iv heard that a lot about water to quick. I have never had an issue dumping water in.. If that was the case then Marco method would make. Tacky glue 😂😂😂 some things just don't make sense and people go with it... That or u added to much water..although.. If u do a lot of water u my need to lather for a while to get it all broke in.. But I have never had an issue

Мда... чувак сам себе сложности создаёт))

Only an unemployed bum would have ten minutes to lather up in the morning

WASTED liters of water for a couple used Drops... Good job... NOT