Brush: Rubberset 400-3 with a 26 mm unbleached Zenith boar knot at 56 mm loft
Razor: Ralf Aust 5/8" full hollow, Spanish tip, carbon steel
Razor: Ralf Aust 5/8" full hollow, Spanish tip, stainless steel
Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original
Aftershave: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original
Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original
Talc: Pinaud Clubman Finest Powder
The twin Ralf Austs still feel indistinguishable and I can’t tell them apart without weighing them.
The replacement knot for my Tabac brush is still in the mail but has reached the European mainland, so this is is hopefully the last Tabac Tuesday without it.
Mine are as well. They feel a bit different on the stones to me, but that’s okay, the materials are different. I’m sensitive to this due to the large variety of knife steels I’ve encountered. If I give each razor the attention it requires to get a proper edge, though, I seem to get the same performance.
I haven’t graduated to honing them yet. I should use them more often to justify a refresh. The whole point of this exercise was to push the blades until I fell a difference, and I’ve been slacking off 😅
Tabac Tuesday
The twin Ralf Austs still feel indistinguishable and I can’t tell them apart without weighing them.
The replacement knot for my Tabac brush is still in the mail but has reached the European mainland, so this is is hopefully the last Tabac Tuesday without it.
Mine are as well. They feel a bit different on the stones to me, but that’s okay, the materials are different. I’m sensitive to this due to the large variety of knife steels I’ve encountered. If I give each razor the attention it requires to get a proper edge, though, I seem to get the same performance.
I haven’t graduated to honing them yet. I should use them more often to justify a refresh. The whole point of this exercise was to push the blades until I fell a difference, and I’ve been slacking off 😅