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Ramblings of a MilkCrate
- Thread starter MilkCrate
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MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Thanks Steve! Kinda bittersweet since I don’t mind shaving. Oh well, another evening shave today.
Oh yeah!
Thanks Chris!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Thanks Chad!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 235 SR: 94)
Pre Shave-
Hot shower and warm water splash to shave.
Shave-
Joseph Allen SR
Graydog Synth
SC Patchouli sample
Post Shave-
Warm water splash
Nivia ASB
Great shave yesterday. I wrapped up the day with an another evening shave. I kept most of the same setup, but I did add the Turkish bowl into the mix. I also took the raisin bran approach and added two scoops just for grins. I ran the brush wet and with the additional soap, it just exploded. I may have to add another hook to my shave shelf to hang a squeegee on. Big, wet, sploppy mess and it was all good! Even with that, I still like face lathering better. I then hit the strop for 20 laps on nylon and went 50 on leather. I stayed with my standard three passes: WTG, XTG and ATG and had no drama to report. Put another check in win column ... walking away BBS!
Wrapped up with a splash of water and a towel dry. A bit of the Nivia ASB and everything was right as rain! You knew it would be. Today is the end of the work week for me. Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary, so I took the day off. It's been a strange week anyway at the office. Our department has reorganized a bit and people have been moving around, reshuffled to other areas and what not. I had my last quarterly review for the year. Apparently I have done well with my assigned duties this year, but am expected to work harder and be more aggressive with projects next year. Oh yay! Anyway, enough of that mess. I think I will have to start tomorrow off with a nice Santal et Patchouli shave. Then onto some random shaves for the weekend. Life is good!
Pre Shave-
Hot shower and warm water splash to shave.
Shave-
Joseph Allen SR
Graydog Synth
SC Patchouli sample
Post Shave-
Warm water splash
Nivia ASB
Great shave yesterday. I wrapped up the day with an another evening shave. I kept most of the same setup, but I did add the Turkish bowl into the mix. I also took the raisin bran approach and added two scoops just for grins. I ran the brush wet and with the additional soap, it just exploded. I may have to add another hook to my shave shelf to hang a squeegee on. Big, wet, sploppy mess and it was all good! Even with that, I still like face lathering better. I then hit the strop for 20 laps on nylon and went 50 on leather. I stayed with my standard three passes: WTG, XTG and ATG and had no drama to report. Put another check in win column ... walking away BBS!
Wrapped up with a splash of water and a towel dry. A bit of the Nivia ASB and everything was right as rain! You knew it would be. Today is the end of the work week for me. Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary, so I took the day off. It's been a strange week anyway at the office. Our department has reorganized a bit and people have been moving around, reshuffled to other areas and what not. I had my last quarterly review for the year. Apparently I have done well with my assigned duties this year, but am expected to work harder and be more aggressive with projects next year. Oh yay! Anyway, enough of that mess. I think I will have to start tomorrow off with a nice Santal et Patchouli shave. Then onto some random shaves for the weekend. Life is good!
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Nice entry Tim. Happy Anniversary!!
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
Great shave Tim! Happy anniversary!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Thanks guys! I am truly blessed that she has stayed by my side all these years.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Shave Count (DE: 235 SR: 95)
Pre Shave-
Warm water splash to shave.
Shave-
Joseph Allen SR
Vulfix Badger
SC santal et Patchouli sample
Post Shave-
Warm water splash
Nivia ASB
Started this day with a morning shave today. Changed just a few things and was really looking forward to the Santal. I guess it’s just the combination of all the base notes. The brighter notes fall off quickly and the dry down scent is just awesome. I would really like to add this scent to my rotation, but I would want a matching AS. I smeared a glob of the sample on my brush and went straight to a face lather. Built up a great smelling lather that was working well.
I then hit the strop for 20 laps on nylon and went 25 on leather. I stayed with my standard three passes: WTG, XTG and ATG and have drama to report. I have drama. Great first pass, second pass started to weaken. On the third pass, BOOM the lather collapsed into a milky mess. I pressed on and had that crap all over my razor and running down to my elbow. Well ... I said drama, but I didn’t cut myself. Ended up BBS on my cheeks and DFS on my next. So scratch a tick mark into the crap shave column.
Wrapped up with a splash of water and a towel dry. A bit of the Nivia ASB and everything was NOT right as rain! Man that was a really disappointing shave. Anyway ... it’s my wedding anniversary so let’s turn that frown upside down. Cold front moved through so it’s nasty outside. We’ll see what the day holds. At the end of the day, it’s just a shave ... Life is good!
Pre Shave-
Warm water splash to shave.
Shave-
Joseph Allen SR
Vulfix Badger
SC santal et Patchouli sample
Post Shave-
Warm water splash
Nivia ASB
Started this day with a morning shave today. Changed just a few things and was really looking forward to the Santal. I guess it’s just the combination of all the base notes. The brighter notes fall off quickly and the dry down scent is just awesome. I would really like to add this scent to my rotation, but I would want a matching AS. I smeared a glob of the sample on my brush and went straight to a face lather. Built up a great smelling lather that was working well.
I then hit the strop for 20 laps on nylon and went 25 on leather. I stayed with my standard three passes: WTG, XTG and ATG and have drama to report. I have drama. Great first pass, second pass started to weaken. On the third pass, BOOM the lather collapsed into a milky mess. I pressed on and had that crap all over my razor and running down to my elbow. Well ... I said drama, but I didn’t cut myself. Ended up BBS on my cheeks and DFS on my next. So scratch a tick mark into the crap shave column.
Wrapped up with a splash of water and a towel dry. A bit of the Nivia ASB and everything was NOT right as rain! Man that was a really disappointing shave. Anyway ... it’s my wedding anniversary so let’s turn that frown upside down. Cold front moved through so it’s nasty outside. We’ll see what the day holds. At the end of the day, it’s just a shave ... Life is good!
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Your cold front is bringing us more rain. You could have kept it as far as I'm concerned. Again, Happiest of Anniversaries to ya !!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Thanks Dave! Keep it?! I‘m trying to shoo it on by.
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
Yeah we’re getting that rain too Tim...thanks....lol
Your crap shaves are better than my average shaves haha.
Your crap shaves are better than my average shaves haha.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
I guess when you put it thay way, it wasn’t too bad ?
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
\n\nSo true!