The brush is the Phoenix Artisan Starcraft ($15), a 24mm synthetic whose knot (which is very nice) is just at the upper limit of knot size for me. I prefer brushes in the 20mm-22mm range. This one feels large, but it did a fine job and certainly the price is attractive.
And once again B&M Reserve shaving soap—Spice in this case—delivers a superb lather. My Edwin Jagger with the excelent fluted rubber handle did a wonderful job, and I splash a little Reserve Spice aftershave on a perfectly smooth face to complete the job.
And now the weekend is dead-ahead.