The problem my Omega 21742 presented in an earlier shave — the transience of its lather — was not, as shown by yesterday’s shave, because of the soap nor because it was a boar brush. Today’s shave, using a custom snakewood-handle silvertip brush whose knot is fluffy, shows that the problem was not because the brush was soft. This brush is as soft as any I have, and it was easily loaded and it worked up a terrific lather that lasted the whole shave through with plenty left at the end.
The next step, then, is to try cleaning the Omega on the presumption that its bristles have somehow acquired some lathercidal property. I’ll do that today.
With such great lather — and with a very nice razor, a Yaqi double-open-comb — the shave itself was a pleasure and easily produced a perfect result.
A splash of Klar Seifen Klassik from my other bottle finished the job. The lettering on this bottle is preserved because they switched from printing letters directly on the glass (the bottle yesterday) to use a printed label.
The tea this morning Mark T. Wendell’s Hu-Kwa tea, their name for Lapsang Souchong. It’s a lovely smokey tea, strong but smooth, with no harshness or bitterness, and perfect for this rainy morning.