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Right, I agree. I just recommended Jockeys video for it's excellent example of loading a brush, added water a little at a time, and how to whip it up. Should work well in most scenarios.

I too am just getting started at all of this. I found a great deal of help from these tutorials:

Category:Lather - Straight Razor Place Wiki

If you're interested, Jockeys has great video on...