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2026-04-05

  • razor: Koraat Wedge 15/16
  • brush: Kruidvat brush
  • lather: Saponificio Varesino Argania
  • post: Osma Tradition Pierre D'Alun
  • post: Kruidvat Aftershave Balm Sensitive

I tuned up both my edges with some paste, the previous one turning out well but this one not so. Maybe I was too conservative with the harder steel. The soap is nice, it has a creamy feeling to it. It is also slicker than I'm used to, I already felt it when it got on my fingers as I was loading.