What soap/cream did you use today?

Saturday February 1, 2025
Razor: Occam O.R.E.N.
Blade: Feather Pro
Brush: Knothead "Kentuckian" /Timberwolf
Soap: MacDuff'sBack Country Bourbon
AS : Witch Hazel + DCCS Small Batch Shave Tonic
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 2,278

Fridays with Frank ...
  

 
Brush .... Tatara Muramasa Adjustable (Synthetic)
Soap1 .... ETHOS Bay Rum
Soap2 .... ETHOS Vanilla Safi
Razor .... Tatara Amakuni
Blade .... Kai Titan Mild ProTouch MG
Post ..... ETHOS Bay Rum SFS
Post ..... ETHOS Vanilla Safi SFS
Finish ... Les Indemodables Vanille Havane EDT
 
Today's shave was like out of a really sweet dream.  I borrowed a page out of dtownvino's playbook and scraped some ETHOS Bay Rum and Vanilla Safi together into a bowl, using a roughly 2 to 1 ratio.  Swirling some hot water over the soap softened it, and setting the brush to 1 - the lowest, stiffest loft - made quick work of picking the softened soap up and out of the bowl grooves.  Working the suds for a couple of minutes produced a beautiful lather.  FWIW I set the brush to 2 for a little scrub on the first pass, and to about 2 1/2 thereafter.  The Amakuni and ProTouch MG also worked beautifully.  Again FWIW, I have gradually gone from "on the fence" to thoroughly sold on this razor.