The little (18mm) Timberwolf-synthetic travel brush from Maggard razors did a good enough job, but I think it falls sort of the job Simpson’s Wee Scot does. I’ll try the latter tomorrow.
But good enough is … well, good enough, and with the excellent lather from Barrister & Mann’s Reserve Spice shaving soap, my iKon X3 (here on a UFO handle) did a better than good enough job: easily producing a perfectly smooth (and undamaged) face. A splash of Reserve Spice aftershave finished the job.