Palmolive does not brand their shave stick in any way — I’d very much like a word with the marketing director — but I know it from the green color. They should identify the brand, because it’s a very good shave stick and today delivered a totally satisfactory lather that, along with the trace of Grooming Dept Moisturizing Pre-Shave I used — and, of course the razor and blade — resulted in a wonderful shave.
The razor is the Parker semi-slant — actually, a plain old slant, but “semi” seems to be a marketing director’s idea to make the razor less intimidating. It’s a slant much along the lines of the iKon Shavecraft X3: very comfortable and quite efficient. I didn’t much like the original handle, and since it is a three-piece design, it’s easy to swap handles — thus the Yaqi handle that you see in the photo, taken from another razor.
I really did get an exceptionally good shave for a 1-day stubble, and I finished with a splash of Taylor of Old Bond Street Shaving Shop (“A SUPERB GENTLEMAN’S AFTERSHAVE,” as the label shouts at us, drowning out the name of the aftershave — and, speaking as a superb gentleman, it is a ver satisfying aftershave).
The tea this morning is Murchie’s Storm Watcher, which I am drinking even without a storm to watch: “Black tea.”