What a wonderful shave today! The prep was MR GLO, as is almost always the case, and then I used the Omega 20102 shown to make a great lather from Meißner Tremonia’s Indian Flavour shaving soap. I love the fragrance, and this brush is well broken in: made a great lather and absolutely no need to try to stretch out the third pass. I had plenty of lather for all three passes, and the brush felt very nice. This is the brush I recommend when novices want a boar brush: it has a large-enough knot to have good capacity, and I like the stubby wooden handle.
RazoRock’s Black Mamba is another of the first-rate, world-class razors that Italian Barber turns out, unfortunately in limited runs for a short time only. The razors are truly remarkably good, and I do hope that the upcoming slant will produced in larger production runs for a longer time. I certainly will try to buy one the instant they are released, whenever that may be. His track record in razor design is impressive.
With the Black Mamba I got a totally comfortable and very efficient shave, ending with an absolutely smooth face. A good splash of Saint Charles Shave’s Dark Rose aftershave, and I am ready to walk—except it’s raining.
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