J.M. Fraser is a curiously effective shaving cream, easily producing ample lather with a light lemony fragrance. It’s my favorite after Nancy Boy, and the 1-lb tub shown is just $19, so it’s also a great bargain. I highly recommend it for the shaver who’s thrifty but also wants excellent quality.
I wanted to use the MJ-90A right after using the Rockwell — that is, without an intervening shave with my Edwin Jagger razor — so the comparison could be more direct, and thus this morning’s choice of razor. During the shave this morning, I also did a couple of strokes using the Rockwell, just to be sure. The result is that (for me) my rankings stand: Edwin Jagger (good), RazoRock MJ-90A (better), Rockwell 6S (best).
Three passes left my face totally smooth — and I do think J.M. Fraser played a role. As I noted, it is curiously effective. A splash of Thayer’s lemon-fragranced witch hazel with aloe vera astringent (10% alcohol) finished the job.
If any of my readers venture to try J.M. Fraser, I’d be interested to hear your impressions. I’m always very pleased when I use it, and despite its being a shaving cream rather than a shaving soap, I think I’ll have to move it back into regular rotation. (My shaving creams in general take a back seat to shaving soap, though they’re all infinitely better than canned foam.)
And a personal best in fasting blood glucose in recent years: 5.2 mmol/L (93.6 mg/dL). That is well within the normal (non-diabetic) range. That of course doesn’t mean “cured,” as would immediately be evident if I ate unwisely, but it does mean that this whole-food plant-based diet enables me to control it without medication. This excellent reading probably also is a result of my resuming Nordic walking — 2.5 miles yesterday.