I’ve been using Pears Transparent Soap, a high-glycerin soap, after finishing off the previous puck of MR GLO (though in fact I use the same soap under the Ach Brito brand — both are made by Musgo Real). Pears is a nice enough soap, but I felt it was not so effective as a pre-shave soap as MR GLO/Ach Brito.
So I’ve retired Pears to be my handwashing soap when I come in from outside the apartment and I unwrapped a fresh puck of MR GLO this morning and used it this morning. I call it a “puck” rather than a “bar” because it’s a thick disk, not a thick rectangle. I wash my stubble with it at the sink following my shower, then rinse partially and apply lather.
The lather this monring was superb — Declaration Grooming’s Milksteak formula is a winner. I just got an email from someone who had purchased a tub on my recommendation, and after trying it, he had the same judgment as I: “Wow!”
The brush itself is worth noting: a Rooney Emilion with very soft (hooked) tips. It made lathering a pleasure and thus extended and thus stubble better prepared for the razor, which this morning is the Feather AS-D1. Three passes to total smoothness, finished with a splash of Geo. F. Trumper’s Spanish Leather aftershave.
I spent some time last night with Plotaroute.com and worked out a 3-mile loop (well, 3.053 miles) with this hill profile:
Once I’m in better shape, I have another loop, 4.01 miles, with this hill profile:
