Shaving adventures of a Milkcrate

Shave Count (DE: 453 SE: 9 SR: 602)

Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Torrey SR
Blade: none
Brush: Knothead Boar
Soap: Stirling One

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling One

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!

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!

Nice shave Tim

Thanks Dave in KY

Thanks for the shout out Tim. As long as you limit your copying me to shaving related items. You should be safe. Other areas might be counter productive. 

Thanks for the shout out Tim. As long as you limit your copying me to shaving related items. You should be safe. Other areas might be counter productive. 

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!

Nice "Not a bad shave"....................................I mean "passable shave"

Have a ceramic of MWF in the mail to me for the 1st time ever. Hope I can enjoy like you clearly do

Nice "Not a bad shave"....................................I mean "passable shave"

Have a ceramic of MWF in the mail to me for the 1st time ever. Hope I can enjoy like you clearly do

I hope it works for you.

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!