This morning:
Prep: Face wash, Imperial Leather bath soap, cold
Razor: Feather Artist Club RG (wood), Pro blade (21)
Razor: Joseph Allen 6/8" Extra hollow ground
Brush: Simpson Tulip T2 in two-band Super
Soap: La Toja stick
Aftershave: Prof Blighty's Red Ginger
Brush and soap performed excellently. Admittedly I had two days' growth, but after three passes with the Allen I was still visibly unshaven. Finished up with the Feather.
After finishing, noted the Allen was too blunt to put a slice in the bath sponge I sometimes use with a new Feather blade to take the initial over-sharpness off. A second stropping improved matters a little. Perhaps this blade actually needs stropping mid-shave to get through a two-day beard?
Or perhaps it's just plain blunt.