Boker 4/8 with a few years on it, fresh off the hone.
Uomo Vendetta 2-Band Lotus-tip, with ebony/resin swirl handle
Prep - hot shower, then a thorough face lather, left to do some softening while I reached for the strop.
I'm only a few weeks into SR shaving. Every shave has a discovery or two. The relative stiffness of this Boker seems to make it easier to use, but I think it's dangerous to feel confident yet.
It's like switching from DE to SE shaving - my collection of former treasures now appears boring, and I just want to try different grinds, all the way up to a thick, near wedge. There are elements to SR technique I don't understand, and I only have a rough sense of why one shave is very close, and the next I have to strop mid-pass.
I am definitely going to look at preshave which softens stubble. Never saw the point before, but I wasn't wielding a self-maintained, delicately dangerous carbon steel edge.
That's the attraction: the sheer unknown, I suppose.