A very fine shave today. And today, after several days of soaking the badger brush while I shower, I did not soak it this morning. I really could detect no difference. If anything, the unsoaked brush seemed to perform a little better in creating the lather, perhaps due to more resilience in the (unsoaked) bristles. But so far as the feel on the face, I could not tell a difference. Perhaps the badger brush quickly absorbs water from the lather so soaks itself almost immediately. For whatever reason, though, the difference was not worth the step. I shall resume soaking only boar and horsehair brushes.
The lather from sample #6 was particularly good, but as I say, that may have been due to an unsoaked brush. The shave was very nice: a RiMei head on a UFO handle.
Following the shave, a good splash of Krampert’s Finest, and the weekend is underay.
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