Monday morning shave: hot lather test and Futur razor.
Monday's are usually a safety razor shave for me and I have not used my Futur in many moons so I loaded it with a Sharp Star in homage to our Czar.
Today's hot lather test soap is Tabac, I had high expectations for this soap as it is one of my favorites. As usually under the high heat the lather was bubbly and very runny. Usually when I apply it to my face the lather returns to normal but not Tabac, it stayed airy and almost dry. I tried and tried but could not get the lather to the right consistency, good thing I was not using a straight razor today. I am going to call this one a fail.
So far the hot lather trials ranking:
Fine - so far it is in first place. Kept all of it's quality under the high heat.
AoS - performed well but the performance degraded a little.
Stirling BoS - I will try this one again, it seemed like I have good lather but I had a very irritating shave, in warm and cold water this soap works great for me.
Fails: Tabac, Stirling Haverford.
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