New brush and new soap
This morning’s shaving tools as shown. On the left is the Shea Moisture shaving brush, discovered from the UK and routinely sold in Target stores for $8. Badger, and not a bad beginner brush at all. It’s a bit more prickly than a silvertip, but not unpleasantly so.
The soap is made by The Gentleman’s Groom Room and is titled “Traditional Shaving Soap/Essence of Scotland/Sweet Gale.” The label also advises “Enriched & Fragranced with Bog Myrtle, Natural Honey, Mixed Spices, Cedarwood and Aberfeldy Single-Malt Scotch Whisky.” It provided a good lather, though I could not myself detect all those fragrances. This was a sample from Razor Emporium enclosed with my most recent batch of plated razors.
And the razor itself: a Gillette slim-handle adjustable plated now in rhodium. It gave a wonderful shave, set on 5 with a new Schick Platinum blade: three passes to perfection.
A splash of Floïd and I’m ready to go.
Here’s a look at how the brush appears on the shelf at Target:
