MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Thank you and you as well.
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Ramblings of a MilkCrate
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MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 453 SE: 9 SR: 603)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Reynolds SR
Blade: none
Brush: RR 400 Synth
Soap: A&E Grecian Horse
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Proraso Red
The Process-
So today I am trying to mimic the infamous @fluffy. He was kind enough to send me a sample of A&E Grecian Horse to check out. I have not tried a soap from this vendor and the scent notes sounded nice. So with that, here we go. I don’t typically bowl lather, but I will to try a sample. I also don’t typically use a synth, but Fluffy uses the longer handles. I really just needed to make sure I like the ergonomics. I will yank out the synth and put a boar in it.
I started with a small sample in the bowl and began working on the lather, throwing in water as I got to it. The scent is nice and I think it would work well in an office environment. It took a good amount of water and whipped up nicely. I did a bit of scrubbing and painting on the face.
20 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. That was a very nice shave! The scent when lathered is nice and not in your face. I did lose it off and on during the shave. The lather was also lighter than I was expecting, but I think that’s due to the bowl thing. Three easy peasy passes and I am BBS for the win! Man, that stuff is slick with nice residual slickness as well. I also had enough for a post shave lather while I cleaned my shave gear.
Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. A splash of the Proraso Red AS (again copying Fluffy) and everything was right as rain! I wasn’t sure about the Proraso since I lean towards matching sets, but this combo worked well. Nice call Fluffy! That was a very nice shave and I could see adding this set to my rotation once I have thinned things down a bit. Life is good!
Thanks for the shout out Tim. As long as you keep the copying to shaving related items. You should be ok. Other areas my be counter productive. 
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
I ain’t scared ... ok, maybe just a little.Thanks for the shout out Tim. As long as you keep the copying to shaving related items. You should be ok. Other areas my be counter productive.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 453 SE: 9 SR: 604)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Reynolds SR
Blade: none
Brush: RR 400 Synth
Soap: MWF
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS:
The Process-
Did a bit of experimenting today. I kept the hardware the same but only used a soap and ditched the AS. I know some have issues with The Fat, but thankfully I do not. So loaded up the synth and got to it.
I changed things up and after stropping, I went with a single ATG pass. Not a bad shave, but not amazing. I ended up part BBS and part DFS ... for the win! (Because some people want to know) It was a passable shave and I really enjoy the post shave of The Fat. So there ya go. Life is good!
TobyC
"I shaved a Tribble once..."
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Nope really didn’t stick. We have been too warm for that.
I was hoping for some snow here in Louisiana. I think in Northern LA it did. I was just wanting to see some things flutter in the sky.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
It was pretty cool, we don’t see it here very often.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 453 SE: 9 SR: 605)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Reynolds SR
Blade: none
Brush: Simpson 46 Badger
Soap: SV Opuntia
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: SV Opuntia
The Process-
Well snap, I forgot I was working on putting a big dent in that Stirling tub. But here we are. I’ll pick that back up tomorrow, but today it is SV. With this smaller brush I went with a 20 second load time and still whipped up a lot of lather and it smelled very nice. This one will be a keeper in the rotation.
20 laps on cotton and 40 on leather and it was go time. Back to my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Had a great shave and I am BBS for the win! Yes indeed friends and neighbors. The scent lingered throughout the shave and it was very relaxing. I still had enough for a post shave also. That’s what I’m talking about.
Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a dab of the ASB and everything was right as rain! Pretty nice for a Monday. Life is good!
I definitely like the looks of that scuttle! Great shave with the SV Opuntia.