MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Listen to them, not me. I don’t know what I’m talking aboutI thought so, but I figured you fellas knew what you were talking about, and thought it was maybe just the image angle or something.
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It's not often that I can actually get the chance to "correct" someone TIm. So when I get the opportunity I take it. 
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
No worries my friend. All in good fun.It's not often that I can actually get the chance to "correct" someone TIm. So when I get the opportunity I take it.
I had forgotten that I moved that blade from the Fatboy to the Slim to see how it behaves. I am really digging these Feather blades. But ... if I list today’s shave as a Fat or Slim, I may be off my meds
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 450 SE: 9 SR: 591)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Hyashi SR
Blade: none
Brush: Yaqi Sagrada Familia Badger
Soap: SV Opuntia
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: SV Opuntia
This was the shave for yesterday and today. The shave was so nice, I had to do it twice.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Thanks Chris, Merry Christmas to you and yours!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 450 SE: 9 SR: 592)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Waterville SR
Blade: none
Brush: Knothead Boar
Soap: Stirling Nag Champa
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling Nag Champa
Great late morning shave today. Yup, I grabbed the Nag Champa again. The scent is just captivating and I really dig it. A 20 second load time, plenty of slick lather, three very nice passes and I am BBS for the win! Life is good!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
I know, I can’t believe it.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 451 SE: 9 SR: 593)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Torrey SR
Blade: none
Brush: Knothead Boar
Soap: Stirling Scarn
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling Scarn
The Process-
Today the Torrey is on deck, just because. Grabbed the Stirling Scarn to give it another go as well. The 20 second load time whipped up a nice lather and you know I have it dialed in and I’m working it.
Standard stropping and some three pass goodness to deliver a nice BBS ... for the win! It was a great shave. A post shave lather and a matching AS chaser and everything was right as rain!
Home Front-
I haven’t updated this section in a while, guess I’ve been lazy. Got the holidays behind us and it was different. Had good times, but still different. Me, the missus and the rest of the family is healthy so that is a good thing while we wrap up “the year of suck”. For the first time ever, our office closed this week ... awesome!
On the shaving front, I am finally settled in for the long haul. I think about one half of my DEs, brushes and soaps will be moved to the sell/trade pile too. Once those items are purged, I should be all set to just buy replacement soap as needed. Life is good!
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
Nice shave Tim! That Torrey has some cool scales.
Christmas was weird for us too. Missing a lot of the usual suspects, but hopefully we can return to normal next year!
Christmas was weird for us too. Missing a lot of the usual suspects, but hopefully we can return to normal next year!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 451 SE: 9 SR: 594)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Torrey SR
Blade: none
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: WSP Gaelic Tweed
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: WSP Gaelic Tweed
The Process-
Fantastic late morning shave! I did change out the brush and soap/AS set. A 20 second load time whipped up a great lather and I got to work.
10 laps on cotton and 40 on leather to get me going. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. I had someone else put the edge on this razor and it delivers a nice shave. I was wanting to try different finishing stones to see where I land. Anyway, three easy passes and I am BBS for the win! With the load time, I also had plenty of lather for a post shave.
Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a healthy splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! Another great start to the day. Life is good!
Home Front-
Not much to report today. Just doing a few things around the house and enjoying the time off. I have circled back to this soap/AS set with the intention of finishing it off. It is one of my oldest soaps at the moment and I need to start working on downsizing the soaps. When done, I hope to be down to around a 10 soap rotation. To some that’s not many and to others that is excessive. But that gives me nine scents that I want to keep and then MWF. The Fat will be used for aftershaves that don’t have a matching soap. This should give me a lot of flexibility. I think that’s all I have at the moment.
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Torrey SR
Blade: none
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: WSP Gaelic Tweed
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: WSP Gaelic Tweed
The Process-
Fantastic late morning shave! I did change out the brush and soap/AS set. A 20 second load time whipped up a great lather and I got to work.
10 laps on cotton and 40 on leather to get me going. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. I had someone else put the edge on this razor and it delivers a nice shave. I was wanting to try different finishing stones to see where I land. Anyway, three easy passes and I am BBS for the win! With the load time, I also had plenty of lather for a post shave.
Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a healthy splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! Another great start to the day. Life is good!
Home Front-
Not much to report today. Just doing a few things around the house and enjoying the time off. I have circled back to this soap/AS set with the intention of finishing it off. It is one of my oldest soaps at the moment and I need to start working on downsizing the soaps. When done, I hope to be down to around a 10 soap rotation. To some that’s not many and to others that is excessive. But that gives me nine scents that I want to keep and then MWF. The Fat will be used for aftershaves that don’t have a matching soap. This should give me a lot of flexibility. I think that’s all I have at the moment.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 451 SE: 9 SR: 595)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Pass Around Strop
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Torrey SR
Blade: none
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: WSP Gaelic Tweed
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: WSP Gaelic Tweed
The Process-
Another great shave today. Man I dig those relaxing late morning shaves. I stayed with a 20 second load time again for this one and that was more than enough.
Today I went with 20 laps on linen and 60 on leather. I am participating in another pass around of a Tony Miller strop. This is plain, but it is 3” (mines a 2 1/2”) and it has a linen strop also. My strop has a cotton secondary strop. It has a nice light draw to the leather and the linen strop is nice. One of these days, I would like to have an Old #2 with linen... one day. Anyway, I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. A very nice three passes and I am BBS for the win! Also got in a post shave lather as well.
I wrapped up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! But you knew that. Life is good!
Home Front-
Speaking of rain, what a nasty, crappy day outside. It’s cold and raining with temps dropping through the day. We had been up in the low 70’s and had to pull blankets off the horses. Now that it’s miserable and the temps are dropping I have to catch a break in the rain to re-blanket them. Grrrrrrr.
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Pass Around Strop
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Torrey SR
Blade: none
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: WSP Gaelic Tweed
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: WSP Gaelic Tweed
The Process-
Another great shave today. Man I dig those relaxing late morning shaves. I stayed with a 20 second load time again for this one and that was more than enough.
Today I went with 20 laps on linen and 60 on leather. I am participating in another pass around of a Tony Miller strop. This is plain, but it is 3” (mines a 2 1/2”) and it has a linen strop also. My strop has a cotton secondary strop. It has a nice light draw to the leather and the linen strop is nice. One of these days, I would like to have an Old #2 with linen... one day. Anyway, I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. A very nice three passes and I am BBS for the win! Also got in a post shave lather as well.
I wrapped up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! But you knew that. Life is good!
Home Front-
Speaking of rain, what a nasty, crappy day outside. It’s cold and raining with temps dropping through the day. We had been up in the low 70’s and had to pull blankets off the horses. Now that it’s miserable and the temps are dropping I have to catch a break in the rain to re-blanket them. Grrrrrrr.
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
Nice shave Tim! Here’s a newbie strop question, what’s the difference between cotton/linen/nylon? Any advantages or disadvantages?
Hopefully that rain doesn’t come this way...it’ll end up being snow!
Hopefully that rain doesn’t come this way...it’ll end up being snow!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
I’m still a noob, so I don’t know much.
The linen on this pass around strop is really soft and flexible. My cotton strop is not as soft and not nearly as flexible. So I started twisting the cotton this way and that. Just working it with my hands and it has started to soften up nicely. I would assume you could do the same with nylon.
I know some guys use old cotton fire hose or seatbelts also. You can use them with or without paste, just depending on what you are wanting to do. I think we should ping @BarberDave because I really don’t know squat