Simpson’s Duke 3 Best is a very nice little brush and the lather (and fragrance) it produced from Chiseled Face Sherlock was excellent: “a warm tobacco based scent blended with toasted caramel, black pepper, moist dirt, and finished with a touch of leather, moss, mandarin, honey and rose.” The moist dirt smell carries a hint of Summer Storm from the same maker. His current formulation differs from the tub I have only in substituting avocado oil for the hempseed oil:
Stearic Acid, Aloe Vera Juice, Beef Tallow, Coconut Oil, Castor Oil, Glycerin, Fragrance, Mango Butter, Avocado Oil, Silk Powder
RazoRock’s Old Type is a marvelous razor, extremely comfortable and extremely efficient. It is a mild-aggressive razor: mild in feel, aggressive in performance. Three passes to a totally smooth result.
A splash of Sherlock aftershave — a fairly basic formula — finished the job and started the weekend on a positive note. That formula is unchanged. The obscured word on the label is “Astaxanthin.” (Click photo to enlarge.)