I looked about for Spanish products. Vie-Long is certainly Spanish, and a nod to Rocinante. Cervantes never specifies the color of the steed, though it is often depicted as white, but it might have been a chestnut. Ariana & Evans Tertius certainly captures a Spanish spirit on the label, and t-he fact that the lather from this ultra-premium soap is wonderful is the icing on the cake. I did have to add a fair amount of water during loading, but that may be because of the brush (though I did let it soak while I showered).
My RazoRock Lupo razor (though perhaps in this context it should be called “Lobo”) did a fine job except for one problem: for some reason the smooth handle today seemed terribly slick and hard to hold. However, the Lupo/Lobo is a three-piece razor, so the problem was easily solved simply by using a different handle, putting the old handle in my little box of spare handles for some other use.
In any event, the shave itself went quite well, and my faced emerged totally smooth and undamaged, happy to accept a good splash of Geo. F. Trumper’s Spanish Leather aftershave.
A fine way to start the day.