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Ramblings of a MilkCrate

Yesterday's shave-
Shave Count (DE: 379 SE: 9 SR: 434)

Pre Shave-
Splash and go

Shave-
Black Diamond SR
Zenith Boar
Stirling Hipster soap

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Stirling Hipster AS
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Today's shave-
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Shave Count (DE: 379 SE: 9 SR: 435)

Pre Shave-
Splash and go

Shave-
Soligen SR
Vulfix Badger
Dr Jon's Hydra soap

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Florida Water AS

The Process-
Early morning shave today. Hmm ... where to start? The soap, I guess. This is one I recently picked up in a trade, so it's a first use for me. The citrus off the puck smelled like a good match for Florida Water, so that's a plus. I loaded it for 30 seconds and it built a nice lather, and it seemed to hold a good amount as water as well. I did lose the scent during the shave and I was picking up another scent. It was just below the surface, but I couldn't identify it. The Vulfix got the nod today and will probably get the finger the next time. I have a love/hate relationship with this brush ... as I'm sure you've read before. Well today, the brush went full on porcupine ... grrrrrr.

A quick 10 laps on cloth and 20 laps on leather and it was go time. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with minimal drama to report. The shave was a bit lacking today for several reasons. As I mentioned, the brush was being problematic. I thought I had my lather dialed in and it looked nice and wet, with a good sheen. If that's the case, there wasn't much in the way of residual slickness. I also had a hard landing on the neck. Luckily it didn't bleed, but you can feel it and I may catch it on my next shave. So ... I wrapped it up with a DFS for the win! I was mostly BBS, but did miss a problem spot ... par for the course today.

Wrapped everything up with a post shave lather while I cleaned shaving equipment. Followed that up with a quick rinse and pat dry. A splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! I do dig the Florida Water. Not sure about the soap today, but I will give it another go. Ya know, in the name of ... science. Life is good!
 
Nice post Tim! I have a love/hate relationship with the first brush I ever bought. I loved it when I was exclusively using it, but that was because I did not know any better. Now that I have used a few different knots I always hesitate when I pick it up. Also I am really digging the artwork for that soap! Have a good one and I hope you didn't get any of the bad storms last night!
 
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Shave Count (DE: 380 SE: 9 SR: 435)

Pre Shave-
Splash and go

Shave-
Gillette Slim
Wizamet blade (5)
Semogue Boar
B&M Vespers soap

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Avon Deep Woods AS

The Process-
Early morning shave ... yeah me. So, on deck today is another soap that is new to me that I picked up in a trade. The scent notes, according to the maker are: Cranberry, Rose, Sandalwood, Fougére Accord, Patchouli, Geranium, Cardamom, Balsam Fir, Mousse de Saxe, and Bergamot. Yeah I don't get that, but my sniffer doesn't work right. I get a warm, spicy type scent from the puck. And my google-fu says: Cardamon is a subtle, mildly spicy and a bit woody scent. Yup, that's what I get from the puck. Hit it with a damp brush and got to it. I loaded it a bit pasty, but threw water at it as I went. When lathering, on top of the Cardamon, I picked up a slightly smoky scent that was really nice too. I whipped up a nice, low volume lather and got after it.

Skipped the SR today to try and let my hard landing heal up a bit. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. That was a really nice shave and I am BBS for the win! Man, I love those easy peasy DE shaves. I was able to smell the soap through the entire shave and I ejoyed the scent. This one may be a keeper. But I definitely want to circle back and hit it again. Looks like I was able to keep Murphy at bay today.

Wrapped everything up with a post shave lather while I cleaned shaving equipment. Followed that up with a quick rinse and pat dry. A splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! But, you knew that already. Today I wanted to match it with an Avon scent that I thought might have a similar feel to it, so I went with Avon Deep Woods. Great scent, but I was way off the mark. I may have been thinking of Oland, for a bit of a smoky scent. Anyway, it's all good. So ... clean shaved, smelling great and the sun is shining. It's going to be a great day. Life is good!

Home Front-
Not much to report on the home front. Same on the work front, just taking care of business. It is a short week for me, with Friday off. So, long weekend for the win! Oh yeah!
 
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Shave Count (DE: 381 SE: 9 SR: 435)

Pre Shave-
Splash and go

Shave-
Gillette Slim
Wizamet blade (6)
DSCosmetic Badger
Stirling Frankincense soap (sample)

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Avon Tai Winds AS

The Process-
TGITHMY! You know what that means ... an early morning shave. So the soap today is a sample that I pulled and set aside from the sample pass around box. My note says Stirling Frankincense, but I don't know if it was the one with Myrrh or not. Anyway, Stirling doesn't make it anymore and the sample is old. Didn't notice when I took the sample, but I don't really smell a scent on the soap. I thought it would open up when lathered, so the DSC lather monster got the nod. This was a bowl lather and I just kept throwing water at it. It built a mountain of lather goodness. Unfortunately, there was not scent. I was hoping for something like Wickham's Frankincense, which is very nice. Oh well.

I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Even with the lack of scent, the soap really did a great job. The slickness and residual slickness was great. Did I mention that I had a ton of lather? The Slim and the Wizamet did a bang up job and I am BBS for the win! That was a great shave to wrap up the work week.

Wrapped everything up with a post shave lather while I cleaned shaving equipment. Followed that up with a quick rinse and pat dry. A splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! Since this was a scentless soap, the Tai Winds was a great choice. I haven't used this AS in a while and it was due. So I am once again clean shaved and smelling great. Let's kick this pig. Life is good!
 
Looks like I'm using a wizamet tomorrow! I haven't used one in at least a month. I hope you're enjoying the less chaotic weather! We're having a gorgeous day in my corner.
 
bentheduck said:
Looks like I'm using a wizamet tomorrow! I haven't used one in at least a month. I hope you're enjoying the less chaotic weather! We're having a gorgeous day in my corner.
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Wizamet for the win!

I’m enjoying the weather now. But looks like early morning storms rolling in.
 
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