I take the photo before I shave (which explains why the brush is always dry in the photos), and today when I opened the tub of soap, it smelled rancid and thus I had to discard it. It’s too bad, since I can’t replace it, Strop Shoppe having discontinued operations, but those things happen. I used another soap, a soap I’ll use tomorrow.
The brush did its usual excellent job, and the Above the Tie S1 is a truly wonderful (albeit expensive) razor, one of the best I have. This particular UFO handle seems to suit it to a T, and the three-pass shaved smoothed my face perfectly.
A splash of Stirling Soap Company’s Executive Man aftershave, and I’m ready for the day.