A really excellent shave this morning. The brush is a high-mountain badger from Whipped Dog, and it was used for a test lathering yesterday so you see it somewhat bloomed. I got it to compare it to the Whipped Dog silvertip. For both of the brushes I have, I used 22mm knots set at the standard depth. I think the high-mountain badger is a bit shorter in loft and bit more resilient, but it’s still early days.
I loaded it easily with the Lenthéric, whose lather has an exquisite fragrance, but the lather was pretty much gone by the second pass. I suspect this is due to the same sort of lathercidal action I’ve noticed in some new boar brushes. I’ll continue using it to see whether the lather becomes more persistent as the brush breaks in. It was not a real problem: I just reloaded and continued. (I do not find that this happens when using other brushes with the Lenthéric.)
I took the trusty Parker 24C and again got a very comfortable shave with a very smooth result: BBS once more. A good splash of D.R. Harris Pink After Shave, and the day finally is launched. (I’ve been weaking in the early hours of the morning for a couple of hours for some reason, so by the time I get back to bed I end up arising fairly late.)
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