A really first-rate shave today. Yesterday I watch this excellent tutorial by minimalisto on how to lather Stirling shaving soaps, and I made a practice lather with the first method (dry-brush, palm-lathering) and I was blown away by the improvement in the lather. Highly recommended—indeed, for those trying Stirling shaving soap, required viewing, IMO.
I got a great Port-au-Prince lather with the Vie-Long horsehair shaving brush, and then set to work with the Progress. Now that I have more firmly in mind the four razor categories I’ve come up with (bad, mild, aggressive, and mild-aggressive), I immediately could tell that the Progress is definitely in the mild-aggressive category: gentle on the face, death to stubble.
I took out the Progress because I had sort of slammed Merkur in this thread, and I thought I should recognize the excellence of their better razors—and the Progress is, I would say, the best of the Merkur line. It’s really a remarkably good razor and should get more recognition. And the 37C is quite good as well.
I went with Eau d’Orange Verte again because it is so very nice indeed. A good candidate for your gift list.
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