The Fine Classic is a wonderful brush with a 20mm knot that feels soft, perhaps from the relatively long loft. It created a wonderful lather from this QED soap — the same type of high-glycerin soap Mama Bear now makes. (QED does make soap, but their soapmaker who made this soap retired and they no longer have those soaps available — a shame, since I’d love to get another stick of QED Mocha Java.)
After enjoying the lather and the pleasant vetiver fragrance for a while, I set to work with my Phoenix Ascension, a double-open-comb razor that I like quite a bit. Three passes left my face perfectly smooth and undamaged, and a splash of Saint Charles Shave’s Very V finished the shave. And I can see the weekend from here.
