Pre: Hot shower and steamy hot towels + Vitos pre-shave
UberLather: Williams soap + Vitos cream + glycerin
Brush: TGN faux-chubby (24x58 knot)
Strop: Hoffritz then SRD Premium I
Razor: Friedmann & Lauterjung w/Ebony scales
AS: Thayers WH
PSB: Yuzu and Bergamont moisturizer
ASL: Homebrew Lemon and Bergamont over Vetyver
Result: Superb
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I really love this short loft brush I put together from The Golden Nib. It has just the right degree of softness and great backbone. It works great on soaps and creams and really holds the lather. Very little work building the lather and suddenly I had enough on it for 5 or 6 passes.