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Ramblings of a MilkCrate
- Thread starter MilkCrate
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Have a great day, Tim. I'll be doing some care sprucing up tomorrow. Looking forward to it.
Thanks Bruce! Mine got called due to rain. Will try again tomorrow.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Well played Tim, well played
Shave Count (DE: 395 SE: 9 SR: 479)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Black Diamond SR
Blade: none
Brush: Semogue Boar
Soap: WSP Gaelic Tweed
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: WSP Gaelic Tweed
Frag: none
The Shave-
Late morning shave today ... what ... what?! That’s right friends and neighbors, a late morning shave. This is a rare occasion, but when my Friday off is on a holiday I get to move it to the next business day. Today I grabbed the Gaelic Tweed and it was definitely the right call. The Semogue also got the nod. It’s a nice brush and should fit well in a pill bottle to be my travel brush (more on that in a minute). It did do a very nice job of whipping up the lather today. Man, I really dig this scent.
10 laps on cotton and 40 laps on leather and it was go time. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Outstanding shave and I am BBS for the win! Three effortlessly passes that were accompanied with a great scent. That was some goodness right there. Had more than enough lather for my post shave while I cleaned my shave gear.
Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a glug of the AS and everything was right as rain! I may have a limited audience, but a glug was in order. That’s the ticket right there. Life is good!
Home Front-
Rained overnight so no car washing today, my shade spot is muddy. Maybe in the next few days. So I have my soap sets divided into keepers and use but don’t replace. (I do want to pick up samples of WSP Mahogany and Old Kentucky. They sound interesting.) Got rid of the soap/AS that I won’t use.
And I think it’s time to thin the brushes a bit. The Semogue will be a travel brush and several will be pulled out of the lineup. Those may be trades or PIFs or something ... who knows. Then I may move into the razors for a bit of a reduction. I am eyeing a couple of DEs that may have to go. We shall see.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
I wish I knew you wanted a Sagrada Familia. Would have sent you mine as I need to thin the brushes perhaps too.
That’s ok, I ordered the two band Badger about 60 days ago. It should be here eventually. I have 3 synthetics and that’s plenty.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Cool, didn't know they had it in badger
Yeah, I’ve only found it direct from the vendor.
So I will probably have the Yaqi, SV and maybe the DSC for badgers when done.
@Dave in KY speaking of brushes, how are you getting on with the 70/30? I am still thinking about that one too, maybe in my RR400.
Tim you should be careful about what you post on here. All this talk about "reduction" of shave items. Might "trigger" some of the guys on here.
I haven't been contacted about an intervention.....yet.
I haven't been contacted about an intervention.....yet.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
With so many, I've only used it a couple times. Nice and shedding has slowed to a few during shave. Will need more use to get the boars splitting but not bad. Have high hopes for it.
Tim you should be careful about what you post on here. All this talk about "reduction" of shave items. Might "trigger" some of the guys on here.
I haven't been contacted about an intervention.....yet.
I’ve gone through it before
I go back and forth between collecting and just using. This to shall pass 
Patelliott
"I NEED NurseDave's Energy"
Nice shave Tim!
Thanks Pat!
Yes it was, thanks Chris!
# Triggered LOL
Shave Count (DE: 395 SE: 9 SR: 480)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: F Reynolds SR
Blade: none
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: Stirling Gentleman
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling Gentleman
Frag: none
The Shave-
Early morning shave and it’s back to the grind. On deck today is Stirling Gentleman, which is a recent acquisition. The Stirling Boar also got the nod and it whipped up a really nice lather. I went with a damp brush and a 30 second load time, that was all it took.
10 laps on cotton and 40 laps on leather and it was go time. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. I am happy to report that because I took this razor back to the stones to fix my last, botched, touch up. This time I got it right and it did a great job. Those three passes were nice and easy, giving me a BBS for the win! I also tightened the hinge pin up just a tad while I had this one out. Oh ... back to the shave. Very nice shave and scent. Had more than enough lather for my post shave while I cleaned my shave gear too.
Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a glug of the AS and everything was right as rain! That’s how you start a day right there. Life is good!
Home Front-
A nice, long and enjoyable weekend. Didn’t get much done yesterday due to rain. But I did find time to clean up the F Reynolds. I also tried some Flitz on it, but that didn’t clean it up very good. Looks like I have more work ahead of me.
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: F Reynolds SR
Blade: none
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: Stirling Gentleman
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling Gentleman
Frag: none
The Shave-
Early morning shave and it’s back to the grind. On deck today is Stirling Gentleman, which is a recent acquisition. The Stirling Boar also got the nod and it whipped up a really nice lather. I went with a damp brush and a 30 second load time, that was all it took.
10 laps on cotton and 40 laps on leather and it was go time. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. I am happy to report that because I took this razor back to the stones to fix my last, botched, touch up. This time I got it right and it did a great job. Those three passes were nice and easy, giving me a BBS for the win! I also tightened the hinge pin up just a tad while I had this one out. Oh ... back to the shave. Very nice shave and scent. Had more than enough lather for my post shave while I cleaned my shave gear too.
Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a glug of the AS and everything was right as rain! That’s how you start a day right there. Life is good!
Home Front-
A nice, long and enjoyable weekend. Didn’t get much done yesterday due to rain. But I did find time to clean up the F Reynolds. I also tried some Flitz on it, but that didn’t clean it up very good. Looks like I have more work ahead of me.
Patelliott
"I NEED NurseDave's Energy"
Stirling Gentleman FTW!