A really fine shave today, and Maggard shaving soaps are first-rate, though personally I do not like the packaging: the tub is 2″ high, which leaves 1 1/8″ of empty space above the soap—that is, the tub is more than half empty. I don’t like it because I stack my soaps on shelves, and that empty space takes up room. And (for me) the empty space serves no purpose: I buy many soaps from makers that fill their containers to the brim, and have no problem loading the brush. So all that empty space is (for me) wasted space.
Some use a dripping wet brush (which I formerly did as well), and apparently do not hold the tub on its side but leave the water in the tub to be mixed with the soap, and the high sides keep the water in the tub, though probably 1 1/8″ is more than needed. I would think even 1/4″ would be plenty. (I give my dripping wet brush a shake, and then proceed to load, and the shake removes the excess water so that I load the brush even from full tubs with no mess.)
The soap itself is terrific, and I love the Lilac fragrance. I wonder why more soapmakers don’t offer a Lilac. Floral fragrances are very nice in the winter, it seems to me.
Three passes with the Shavecraft #102, which is rapidly becoming my favorite slant. It holds a Personna Lab Blue blade of several uses, and after three passes I had a lovely nick-free BBS result, having enjoyed the shave along the way.
A good splash of Pinaud Lilac Vegetal, which has already dried down to a very nice hint of fragrance, and Thanksgiving week begins.
The soap
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