This is the last of my natural-bristle brushes. The brush in the cover photo of the Guide is a Kent BK8, but I found I preferred the BK4 size. Mickey Lee’s now-defunct Soapworks made a number of excellent shaving soaps, and The Drunken Goat is one of my favorites. Too bad it’s no longer available; it has an excellent fragrance.
The razor head is the Above the Tie R1, but mine is stamped simply “R” since it is from 2014, before the R2 arrived. Here it’s on a UFO handle, and it did an extremely nice job.
A splash of The Drunken Goat aftershave, and the day is launched.