A pleasure of a shave. It’s hard to match the feel and performance of a good boar brush that’s well broken in, and this Omega 20102 is excellent (though I notice an errant bristle in the photo). Loading the brush with Declaration Grooming’s Bison formula shave soap was a snap, and the lather was so exceptional that tomorrow I’m going to use their Milksteak formula to compare because I don’t see right now how it could be better. The fragrance — yuzu, rose, and patchouli — was also a pleasure.
The iKon Shavecraft Short Comb is a remarkably fine little razor, very comfortable on the face (assuming the angle is good) and very efficient at removing stubble. The result this morning is much smoother than what I achieved yesterday, due I’m sure to the difference in blade sharpness, yesterday’s blade being well past the “best by” point.
Chatillon Lux’s aftershave lotion requires no assistance in the skincare department, and I’m enjoying both the fragrance and the smooth softness of my skin after applying it.
This is a coffee morning, and I do like the Clever Coffee dripper now that I’ve mastered the (simple) routine: start with water at around 200ºF and at time 0, pour a little over the grounds and then stop to allow the grounds to absorb the water. They do swell up a bit. At 30 seconds, pour in the rest of the water and cover the dripper. At 2 minutes, give the coffee in the dripper a gentle stir to mix in the floating grounds. At 3 min 30 seconds, put the dripper on my Joveo Temperfect mug and let the coffee drain into it. And here I am, about an hour and a half later, still with some coffee and it still at the perfect drinking temperature.