This evening:
Prep: Hot shower
Razor: Feather Artist Club RG (wood), Pro blade (6)
Soap: Trumper's West Indian Limes
Brush: Vie-Long Horse 13070
Aftershave: Prof Blighty's Yellow Ginger
Result: extremely close
Still can't quite get the angle I want on the left neck for the final pass, but a touchup there works ok. Very nice shave. This brush has really grown on me; as quick-drying as it is it'll be a good travel option now I've got it working.