The Omega 21762 shown in the photo is a very soft boar brush—the softest I’ve used—and it feels wonderful on the face, though I suspect some would want more resilience in the knot. Even so, it had no trouble at all in working up a fine lather from Phoenix Artisan’s Solstice shaving soap, which has a fragrance I like a lot: “Sage, Sweetgrass, Cedar, Rose Absolute, and Benzoin Resin.” The soap’s ingredients:
Saponified Stearic Acid, Aqua (Water), Saponified Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Saponified Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Saponified Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Seed Butter, Saponified Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Saponified Persea Americana (Avocado) Oil, Sodium Lactate, Glycerin, Fragrance
Someone recently asked about the iKon Shavecraft Short Comb razor, so that’s what I used today. The Short Comb head is mounted on an Above the Tie Kronos handle, the ATT handle most comfortable for me. The base of ATT’s handles is a convex curve, so you cannot stand the razor upright (as for a photo), which presents no problems for most.
The Short Comb, like so many of iKon’s razors (with the notable exception of the Shavecraft Tech), is very comfortable and also very efficient, so I had no problem at all in getting a trouble-free BBS result in three passes.
A tiny dot of the moisturizing Hermès Eau d’orange verte, and the day is off to a good start.
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