First Lathering of Jayaruh #446

 Today, I did the first lathering of Jayaruh #446. The badger/boar knot is set in a birdseye maple handle.  I used Van Der Hagen Luxury Soap for the test, and I built the lather in my 3D printed bowl by Roger Quingero.

 It is a large knot, and it took on the loading process very well and it built some very nice lather in very little time.

Lots of beautiful lather.

It was a successful first lahtering. Now it is waiting for duty next week.

Jayaruh #419 First Lathering

 I set the knot last week, but today I did the first lathering for #419. I normally don't bowl lather, but I make an exception for the first lathering for a new brush. I used Proraso Red for this one.

Jayaruh #380 First Lathering

I used Razorock Classic Shave Soap for the first lathering of my new Jayaruh #380 horse hair brush. I only face lather when I shave, but for my first lathering I like to bowl lather to aid breaking in the knot. Especially with a natural hair brush, it helps to defunk it if it needs it.

Tools assembled ready to go.

I wet the brush with cold water, shook it off, and loaded it for 15 seconds.

I added a couple of teaspoons of water and worked up this lather.

I worked the lather more, adding a bit of water.

I ended up with lots of lather.

I let it sit a while to defunk the knot. 

 You may have noticed that I am wearing a bacon band aid on my left pointer finger. I ripped off some skin when I disassembled my ramp two days ago. It is healing slower than I would like.

All done. I rinsed out the brush and towel dried it.  No funk.

The brush is ready for its first shave tomorrow.

First Lathering with Jayaruh #353

I used Razorock Classic Artisan Shaving Soap for my initial latherings of new brushes. This brush has a Badger/Boar 70/30 mix knot from Maggards. I use my green bowl for the first latherings.

I wet the brush, shook it off, and loaded it for 30 seconds.

I added a bit of water to the bowl and worked it for 30 seconds.

I added a little water to the bowl and worked it for another 30 seconds.

After a little water, I worked the brush for the third and final thirty seconds.

After the final round of working the lather, this is what I ended up with.

I set it on the container to soak it in for about 30 minutes.

I cleaned up the bowl and returned to the brush after 30 minutes.

Here it is after rinsing the brush and painting it dry.

Now, it is ready to rest and air dry.

#353 post bloom

Jayaruh #350 - First Lathering

It has been my practice to use Razorock Classic Artisan Shaving Soap as part of the first lathering of my badger brushes. Here  is the first lathering of #350. It will be going to its new owner tomorrow after it has dried out for a day.

Ready to go.

I wet the brush with cold water, shook it off, and loaded it for 30 seconds.

After working it for thirty seconds...

After a second thirty seconds (60 seconds total)

After the third thirty seconds.

After a total of two minutes working the lather.

 

After two minutes.

I let the brush sit with the lather for about 30 minutes before cleaning.

Here it is cleaned up and towel dried. 

Jayaruh #342

 

Update: First Lathering, January 29, 2019

First lathering with JR#342 and Razorock Classic Artisan Shaving Soap.

Wet with cold water and loaded for 30 seconds.

After working the lather for 30 seconds.

After 30 seconds of working the lather a second time.

After the third time working the lather for 30 seconds.

I let the brush sit for 30 minutes.

I rinsed the brush, painted it dry,  and set it out to finish air drying.

Post bloom