My favorite shaving cream: Nancy Boy Signature (travel size in photo)
Nancy Boy products are all first rate and advertising is strictly word-of-mouth (or, in this case, text-to-eye). Nancy Boy makes three shaving creams, but my favorite by far is the Signature. (Mantic59 favors the Replenishing shaving cream). The lather works wonderfully, and I love the fragrance and feel.
The (pre-Vulfix) Simpson Wee Scot did a fine job, and the Edwin Jagger is a very good razor — although, in my opinion and in comparing it with yesterday’s shave, I find the RazoRock MJ-90A to be a tad bit better. Were I to keep only one of the two, it would be the MJ-90A — and that’s based on feel and performance, not just on sturdiness.
The MJ-90A head is machined aluminum alloy, which means the threaded shaft on the cap is not going to snap off, something that happens with the EJ (whose head is chrome-plated zinc alloy) when shavers over-tighten the head. Even slight over-tightening will stress and weaken the zinc over time, and eventually just a slight bump will break the shaft. The solution is prevention: don’t over-tighten the EJ head. Tighten it enough to keep the head from loosening during the shave, but avoid bringing to bear the grip of Thor.
Three passes and then a splash of Klar Seifen, a very nice aftershave indeed.