The prototype and Floris JF
The prototype shaving brush was more pleasant to use than the aluminum production version: more heft, and the silvertip knot seemed slightly larger. I got a very fine lather—and loads of it—and did a flawless three-pass shave with the Progress and a Swedish Gillette blade. A splash of Floïd, and I’m off to buy more Fresno peppers for another batch of pepper sauce: must strike while the iron is hot (or, more appropriately perhaps, make hay while the sun shines).

