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Ramblings of a MilkCrate

Every so often I get the urge to get that set. Ugh. But I don't need more products. I don't need more products. I don't need more products.
 
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Shave Count (DE: 422 SE: 9 SR: 509)

Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Reynolds SR
Blade: none
Brush: APShaveCo Badger
Soap: Krokos

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Avon Everest
Frag: none

Didn't log yesterday's shave ... my bad. It was a very nice shave, just overlooked the log entry. Hit the Krokos ... just because and wrapped it up with the Avon Everest. I'm diggin that scent and I think it's in my top 5 Avon scents.

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09/04/2020
Shave Count (DE: 422 SE: 9 SR: 510)

Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Reynolds SR
Blade: none
Brush: SV/TSC LE Badger
Soap: Stirling Gentleman

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling Gentleman
Frag: none

The Process-
It was a hard fought work week, but let's wrap it up as a gentleman ... a Stirling Gentleman. Kept the Reynolds on deck ... reasons. But did switch out the rest of the kit. The SV brush got the nod ... well yeah. And Stirling Gentleman rounds out the kit for today. Many of you know that I am a Stirling fan and I blame @bentheduck for this purchase. Thanks Ben! All the qualities of Stirling and man I dig the scent. Loaded heavy this morning with a wet brush and a 30 second load time. I whipped up some lathery goodness right there.

50 laps on leather and it was go time. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no issues to report. That was a very nice shave indeed! The edges on these last three razors has been a vast improvement and I am once again BBS for the win! Really enjoyed the Stirling, with the scent lasting the entire shave. The gentle scritch of this new badger was also nice and everything just came together. I also had lather left over for a post shave lather while I cleaned my shave gear.

Wrapped everything up with a splash of water and a pat dry. Followed that with a healthy splash ... ok really it was a glug of the AS and everything was right as rain! Yes ... yes it was. Man that was a great shave to finish out the week. I am super stoked to wind this one down and start the weekend. Life is good!

Home Front-
As I mentioned, taking these three razors back to the stones made all the difference in the world and helped to restore my honing mojo. I do have a couple of razors sent out to get different edges. Can't wait to get them back and try them. I may be sending out a third razor for an Ark edge too. I think I have one more razor to clean up and hone. I will try and get to that this weekend. A few weeks ago, I scored a small soft/hard Ark combo on the bay, so I may try a soft/hard/SB Ark progression. AFAIK, we don't have any hard plans for the weekend, so we shall see what the days bring.
 
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Shave Count (DE: 422 SE: 9 SR: 511)

Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Dovo SR
Blade: none
Brush: SV/TSC LE Badger
Soap: Stirling One

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling One
Frag: none

The Process-
Great three pass shave this morning. I am BBS, smelling good and off to do honey-dos.
 
26F1768C-775E-413E-8D22-2CCC37559F4A.jpegShave Count (DE: 423 SE: 9 SR: 511)

Pre Shave-
Strop: none
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: I think Wizamet
Brush: Graydog Boar
Soap: Stirling Piacenza

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling Piacenza
Frag: none

The Process-
This is the kit I brought out for me to use and show my brother how to shave with a DE. He didn’t show, so I’ll try again another day. His loss, I had a great shave and I am BBS for the win! Piacenza seemed like a great choice for today ... yup called it right. Life is good!

Home Front-
Fighting with a clogged kitchen sink. I’ve ran a snake through it three times and still don’t have it fixed yet ... grrrrrrrr. Hopefully I get that knocked out soon. My brother invited us over to cook out chicken on the grill. Come on ... who can pass up food off the grill?
 
A71EE80B-8808-4860-B02B-DDD90D64D433.jpegShave Count (DE: 423 SE: 9 SR: 512)

Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Divo SR
Blade: none
Brush: SV/TSC LE Badger
Soap: SV Opuntia

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: SV Opuntia
Frag: none

A great have and day was had. Ended up buying another horse too.
 
Thank goodness. We are back to two horses. We had one put down earlier due to cancer. We bought another second horse, but we sold it and bought this one.

But this one is a black and white paint horse. Now we have two black/white paints.
 
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Shave Count (DE: 424 SE: 9 SR: 512)

Pre Shave-
Strop: none
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Wizamet?
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: AA Bay Rum

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: AA Bay Rum
Frag: none

Very nice shave this morning! Smelling great and BBS for the win! Life is good!

According to Google reverse image lookup, one of the cats brought us a live baby copper head to play with.

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