Monday morning start

When I think of the years I spent wearing a beard, when I could have been shaving… Oh, well. Today partly makes up for it. The Erasmic shave stick brought to fine lather with the Simpsons Emperor 2 Super, which I used because I’ve been exclaiming about the delights of the Emperor 3, and I didn’t want the 2 to feel neglected. And indeed it’s a charming brush and fully satisfactory in its own right: a bit more scrubby than the 3, as you would expect, and brings up a fine lather.

Then the Merkur gold Slant with a Treet blade that was already in it. Three passes, Acqua di Parma aftershave, and I feel a new man—a new man with a wonderfully smooth face, at that.