Time for tobacco once more, and this time it’s pipe tobacco. This Phoenix Artisan Cavendish is in their CK-6 formula, so the lather — today created with my Yaqi Cashmere — is exceptional. I applied it to a stubble well prepared with Grooming Dept Moisturizing Pre-Shave, something I use for every shave but don’t mention every time. For me, it makes for a noticeably nicer shave.
Three passes with my Rockwell 6S using the R4 baseplate. I had to work a little harder than usual, so following the shave I switched to a new blade, and this time I used a Rockwell blade, which seems appropriate.
A splash of Cavendish aftershave with a couple of squirts of Grooming Dept Hydrating Gel finished the job. A great start for a sunny buy cool morning.
The tea this morning is Mark T. Wendell’s Hu-Kwa tea: “Hu-Kwa is a uniquely crafted black tea from the island of Formosa and is considered by many tea connoisseurs to be the benchmark against which all other Lapsang Souchong style teas are measured.”