Shave Count (DE: 649 SE: 9 SR: 1029)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Scuttle: none
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Dovo SR
Blade: none
Brush: RR 400
Soap: MDC Agrumes
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Thayers Witch Hazel
AS: Florida Water
The Deets -
Yesterday was the Boker and DR Harris Windsor … so nice.
Today I jumped way out of my normal, as you can see from the pic. I had a sample of MDC and wanted to give it a try. So first use of the Burt’s Bees shaving mug that I’ve had for some time (I face lather) and I grabbed the RR 400 synth. As you may know from reading, I’m not much of a synth fan. I also snagged the Florida Water, which hasn’t seen much use this summer.
So bowl lathering. I whipped up a really nice lather, but had it a bit too wet at first. Kept working it and it thickened up nicely. The MDC delivered a very nice shave and was slick. The ones that have used it know this. I guess the sample may have been old because I really couldn’t smell it. I need to find better samples for this, I would like to try most of them except for the rose. Anyway, a very nice 3 pass shave was had. Wrapped everything up with a healthy splash of the aftershave and everything was right as rain! Very nice indeed. Life is good!
Home Front-
I have posted short deets for a while now, mostly lurking and posting here and there. I have just been trying to get a few things sorted. So we are having to go back into the office more now and they have taken away the casual dress code. Before the pandemic, there was an older Gent that ran a shoe shine stand downtown. I never have been to one before, but saw him working there for years. My dress shoes needed some help, so last week I sought him out. To my surprise, his small business survived the pandemic and he is still working. So I jumped up into the chair. Got a great shoe shine and some good conversation. I will be frequenting him from now on.
As I mentioned, yesterday was a very nice Windsor shave. We attended a “Celebration of Life” service for a friend from our church. Those things always seem to make me reassess things. Hm. What a strange year it has been.
Today is just a chill day and I will probably break out a book that I recently picked up. If you read this through, thanks for indulging me in my ramblings. Just a few random time slices of a milkcrate.
