An old-timey shave
Classic shaving today. The Rooney Style 2 Finest made a wonderful Creamy Laather from the vintage Yardley shaving soap, and the brush bulged with its store of lather like a greedy chipmunk’s cheeks. I used MR GLO this morning, BTW, and will alternate with the Proraso pre-shave soap for a while.
The Rotbart, a gift, did a superb job with a Personna 74 blade—this razor is new old stock and shaves quite well. Thanks in part to my leisurely prep along with the new blade in a good razor, I ended with a supremely smooth face. A little alum bar, a final rinse and dry, and a splash of Pinaud Coachman, taking me back to the the first half of the last century.
What a pleasure shaving can be!
That is the exact soap that I started out with years ago. It was the first soap I tried, and I liked it and kept using it until I could find it no more, and that put me on a year-long chase to find a good replacement (no internet at that time, things are easier now!).
It would be interesting to see how it stacks up against my current favorites.
Jan
Anonymous
10 December 2011 at 7:52 am
It is very high-quality soap. The lather I get with it is comparable that from the Creed and Floris shaving soaps.
LeisureGuy
10 December 2011 at 8:06 am
@Jan: Perhaps you’d like to try it once again. (You’re right: the Internet does make things easier.) That auction is over, but if you enter a “favorite search” another is likely to emerge…
LeisureGuy
10 December 2011 at 8:08 am