The Green Ray brush with its horsehair-colored (synthetic) knot made me think of my actual horsehair knot, this Vie-Long. When using a horsehair brush, I do wet the knot well and then let the brush stand while I shower.
The lather from Chiseled Face’s Sherlock was excellent, and the Edwin Jagger did a fine job. A splash of Phoenix Artisan’s Cavendish finished the job.
I ran late because of my new carbon-steel breakfast pan. It turned out that the instructions that come with the pan have you do the seasoning step (cooking oil, salt, and potato peels) twice, so this morning I had to go out for a couple of potatoes and do the seasoning the second time—and then cook breakfast.
But the pan is terrific. It gets hot more easily than the Teflon-lined pan because the Teflon layer acts as insulation (which is why you can’t really sear things in the traditional nonstick pans). And after the seasoning, this pan really was nonstick. I love it. Great purchase.