MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 477 SE: 9 SR: 699)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Notovan Horse hide
Scuttle: PAA Brush Warmer
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Black Diamond SR
Blade: none
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: WSP Gaelic Tweed
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: WSP Gaelic Tweed
The Deets-
A very nice shave to wrap up the work week. I stayed with the 30 second load time and whipped up a bunch of nice lather. The bottom of the tin is poking through in spots, hopefully not too much longer. The Stirling brush has stopped shedding and has plenty of hair to get the job done. It has softened up nicely too and still has plenty of backbone. I am still digging this brush scuttle. I soaked the brush for a couple of minutes in the top cup. Then dumped the water, loaded the brush from the soap tin and dropped it in the warmer.
I went with 10 laps on linen and 40 on leather and it was go time. The smell of new leather is fantastic. I’ve also noticed a different sound when stropping on this one, maybe the fresh wax? I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Dropped the brush back into the warmer between passes and really enjoyed that warm lather. Another very nice shave and I am BBS for the win! Oh yeah! Also used the remaining lather for a warm post shave while I cleaned my shave gear.
Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a splash of the aftershave and everything was right as rain! Folks, a shave doesn’t get any better. Life is good!
