Extremely good shave today. ChiseledFace on Wicked Edge pointed out that I’ve been neglecting my horsehair brushes, and so I deliberately bringing them back into the mainstream. I haven’t used this one for a while, for example. (I think the favoring of badger and synthetic over boar and horsehair is because I tend to avoid the extra step of wetting the brush before I shower.)
At any rate, the brush shown developed a terrific lather, helped in no small part by a terrific shaving soap: Strop Shoppe, in this case Carnaby.
I used the Above the Tie R1 with an Atlas handle. The 3.5″ length is a little short (and Stan has said he he’s considering a longer version), but today I decided to focus on its virtues and it felt comfortable. The razor gave a fine and comfortable shave, with swaths of BBS appearing after the second pass. After the third pass, my face was BBS overall, and a good splash of Barrister & Mann’s Fougère Classique provided exactly the right finishing touch.
And finally I do not feel compelled to tinker with the text of the book. The next upload will go to print.
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