Leviathan shaving soap from Barrister and Mann is perfectly satisfying in fragrance and lather, the latter this morning brought to me by the Aerolite Amber from Phoenix Artisan. I chose of the razors up for today (I take out on Sunday the next six razors in rotation and use those during the week) The Holy Black’s SR-71 slant, which is a bit of a leviathan itself: the handle feels stubby but very hefty, like a little whale. (In fact, the handle is the same length as the Merkur 37C, from whose head the SR-71 is cloned.) The heft is because the handle is solid brass.
It was a fine shave, though this time the amount of edge feel surprised me. No nicks, but it felt possible. But all’s well that ends well, and in this case the end was a splash of Leviathan aftershave, a very good ending indeed.