After the shave, as I rinsed the knot I squeezed the water out and the knot popped out into my hand. This can happen with less expensive brushes, and it’s no big deal: the knot can be replaced, and a silicone sealant is recommended as an adhesive: flexible and waterproof. I’ll pick up a tube sometime.
But that was after the shave, and the shave itself was highly enjoyable. Meißner Tremonia’s Moroccan Rhassoul is a very nice soap, and as the name implies contains rhassoul clay (aka rassoul clay). There’s quite a variety of clays used in shaving soaps: bentonite and kaolin are not uncommon. There’s French green clay, though I’ve not seen that used in a shaving soap. (Its main use seems to be as a face treatment.)
With a good lather, the 102 was, as usual, a pleasure to use. This razor seems never to fail me: always comfortable, very rarely nicks, and inevitably leaves a perfectly smooth result without any work on my part.
A splash of l’Occitane Cade, and the day shifts into gear.