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Ramblings of a MilkCrate

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Shave Count (DE: 291 SR: 241)

Pre Shave-
Splash and go

Shave-
Henckel SR
Semogue 610 boar
Proraso Green soap

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Warm water splash
Proraso Green AS

The process-
Very nice shave this morning. I haven’t used the Green in quite some time, so it was due. Kept the Semogue because it needs some more break in. Hit the soap for the usual 30 seconds and whipped up a really nice lather.

Kept the standard three pass shave of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Very nice cooling shave and I am BBS for the win!

Wrapped everything up with a post shave lather and a rinse. A splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! Very nice shave and with the cooling properties, should be just the ticket on a hot day. Life is good.
 
6195

Shave Count (DE: 292 SR: 241)

Pre Shave-
Splash and go

Shave-
Gillette Psycho
Astra SP
Vie Long horsehair
Avon Clint soap

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Warm water splash
Thayers WH
Avon Clint AS

The process-
So ... I grabbed a DE today. No I didn't hit snooze too many times. Ok ... maybe I did, so what. Anyway recent talk about shaving with hand soap, got me thinking about the Clint soap this morning ... so let's do it. Changed up all the gear for the rotation this week. The horsehair must have finally broken in because it is working rather nicely now. For the Clint, my badger has worked better than the boar, so I thought I would try horsehair this go. That was the right choice. I loaded the soap for 30 seconds and whipped up a great lather. Had enough for a three pass shave and a post shave lather. I think I had a better lather going on than when I used my badger. Oh ... and the scent ... that's some goodness right there.

Kept the standard three pass shave of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Great shave that checked all the boxes and I am BBS for the win! Can't ask for anything more from a shave. Wrapped everything up with a post shave lather and rinse. A splash of WH, then the AS and everything was right as rain! Man, this stuff smells great! Taking a queue from someone else, I thought I would mix it up a bit by listening to some classical music while I shaved. That didn't work so well because the dogs wanted to get up. So ... we may skip that in the future. But I did include the video link for your enjoyment.

Home front-
Got the honey-do's done this weekend. And I have the multiple transmission leaks resolved on the truck. It is more of a cold leak so I will know more in a few days ... but I'm confident. Then onto the next project on the truck. It is a '78 so it does need some work. Didn't get anything done on honing this weekend. I did work on the Wosty just a bit with some 320 sandpaper. It still has some pitting that has not come out yet, so I'll keep sanding away until I get tired of it. The work week is just starting up and I don't have much on my radar yet. Life is good.

 
Classical Music? 🤪 Nice shave! Clint is one that I have not tried yet and have no idea what it smells like. But a lot of you use it so I may need to look for it. Ugh...Honey-Do's! But looks like you tackled them well! Have a great Monday!
 
dangerousdon said:
Classical Music? 🤪 Nice shave! Clint is one that I have not tried yet and have no idea what it smells like. But a lot of you use it so I may need to look for it. Ugh...Honey-Do's! But looks like you tackled them well! Have a great Monday!
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Thanks Don! Glad your family was able to return to normalcy after Barry. Yes ... try the Clint, it’s good stuff.
 
NurseDave said:
Got it, horse hair for lathering hand soaps. Must be why so few people own them.
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I think the horsehair is finally breaking in. Last go around with this soap, the badger did better than the boar. Boar was either too wet or just determined to eat lather.
 
6266

Shave Count (DE: 292 SR: 242)

Pre Shave-
Splash and go

Shave-
Henckel SR
Vie Long horsehair
Avon Clint soap

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Warm water splash
Avon Clint AS

The process-
My goodness I had trouble getting up this morning. Anyway still had time for a shave and kept most of the kit. The only change I made was switching back to an SR. Hit the Clint soap with another 30 second load and whipped up a nice lather. It's not uber-awesome or anything like that. But you can certainly shave with it. And man it smells great.

Kept the standard three pass shave of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Very nice shave today. I did have a few misses on the usual trouble spots, but I am DFS for the win! Wrapped everything up with a post shave lather and rinse. A splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! And did I mention that this stuff smells great.

Home front-
Same same. Life is good.
 
So I’m curious as to what the Clint looks like now. Have you been carefully lathering it to preserve the coin face?
 
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