SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
I’ve seen them on the WCS website and they seem very reasonably priced. I’ve never really gone through any kind of Brush AD though so I haven’t had the urge to pull the trigger on anything haha.
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Ramblings of a MilkCrate
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MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Yaqi has a store on aliexpress.com and every 11/11 they have a sale. Good place to pick up a brush for real cheap.
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
I am indeed! Their synthetics especially! I’ve yet to try their badgers.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Mine is the Badger and it’s a keeper.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 452 SE: 9 SR: 598)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller pass around
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Henckels SR
Blade: none
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: Stirling One
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling One
The Process-
Nice late morning shave today and I dig these shaves. Today I am breaking out a soap/AS set that is unobtainium. That’s a real shame because it’s a great scent. I went with a 20 second load time and a wet brush. This whipped up a really nice lather.
I went with 20 laps on linen and 40 on leather with this pass around strop. That’s right, I’m not stropless today ... huh. I used my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. I found I had my brush too wet and I really had my lather thinned out by the third pass. No worries, the soap didn’t break and it was slick as ever. The scent held through the entire shave and I am BBS for the win! Had a tiny bit left for a thin post shave lather as well.
I wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! Man ... I dig this scent. I may try going back to my pre-Rona days and use a soap/AS for a work week of shaves, with weekends open to whatever. We’ll see how that goes. The pass around strop will be sent to the next participant on Monday. I’ll miss that strop, but glad I was able to try it. Life is good!
woodpusher
TSC’s International Man of Meh
Not stropless today... whew 
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
LNHC still offers hers.
Yes, back to the grind today. Hope your day is going well.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Thanks Chris! So far, so good. Just trying to dig out of a mountain of email.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 453 SE: 9 SR: 598)
Pre Shave-
Strop: none
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Feather (7)
Brush: Knothead Boar
Soap: Stirling One
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling One
The Process-
Late morning shave today because ... reasons. Ok, so I was enjoying my sleep way too much ... but I was at work on time. That and I still got in my shave. I had to grab the DE to take care of business, so I was stropless again and it was so liberating. JK, not really. It was kinda a bummer, because I wanted to use the pass around strop one more time before I shipped it off. But it was not to be and it is in the mail now.
In spite of that traumatic experience, I am clean shaved and smelling awesome. Life is good!
Pre Shave-
Strop: none
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Feather (7)
Brush: Knothead Boar
Soap: Stirling One
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling One
The Process-
Late morning shave today because ... reasons. Ok, so I was enjoying my sleep way too much ... but I was at work on time. That and I still got in my shave. I had to grab the DE to take care of business, so I was stropless again and it was so liberating. JK, not really. It was kinda a bummer, because I wanted to use the pass around strop one more time before I shipped it off. But it was not to be and it is in the mail now.
In spite of that traumatic experience, I am clean shaved and smelling awesome. Life is good!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 453 SE: 9 SR: 600)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Torrey SR
Blade: none
Brush: Knothead Boar
Soap: Stirling One
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling One
The Process-
This has been my setup for the last two days. I will be trying to finish this work week with the same setup without getting bored. Life is good!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 453 SE: 9 SR: 601)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Torrey SR
Blade: none
Brush: Knothead Boar
Soap: Stirling One
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling One
The Process-
Not much to report on today, same setup and another great shave. Life is good!
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Torrey SR
Blade: none
Brush: Knothead Boar
Soap: Stirling One
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling One
The Process-
Not much to report on today, same setup and another great shave. Life is good!
Same here. Just think of all the money we've saved - we can splurge on soaps and AS now!
That Knothead Brush looks awesome!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Thanks Don!
Ahhhh Friday! Stay safe buddy and enjoy the weekend!