Shaving adventures of a Milkcrate

GREAT shave Tim and looks like a pricey soap
https://www.maggardrazors.com/product/ab...-soap-5oz/

Thanks Dave, thankfully I didn’t pay retail. I had a BST listing, in another neighborhood, with various soaps and what-not for trade. The gent wanted to try American soap vendors and asked if I would consider shipping to Israel. I surprised him when I said sure. He only had asked about a 1:1 trade for a Stirling soap. I think he was further surprised that I sent him several soaps and samples. Shipping was stupid expensive, but I would do it again. We swapped pics of just ordinary things from our countries and had some good conversations. Cool memories.

I can send you a sample, if you want to try it.

That is a good story! I hadn't read it before. Thanks for sharing it.

Shave Count (DE: 466 SE: 9 SR: 642)

Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla 
Scuttle: PAA Brush Warmer 
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Solingen SR
Blade: none
Brush: SV/TSC LE Badger 
Soap: SV Opuntia 

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: SV Opuntia 

The Process-
Opps, grabbed the wrong setup today and it was so nice. I was originally going to use Krokus, but it was a great mistake. Didn’t hit the exact shave that I wanted, but I am DFS for the win! Life is good!

Shave Count (DE: 466 SE: 9 SR: 644)

Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla 
Scuttle: PAA Brush Warmer 
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Solingen SR
Blade: none
Brush: Yaqi Badger 
Soap: Krokus

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Avon Windjammer 

The Process-
Lunchtime shave! That’s right friends and neighbors, I way overslept today and had to push my shave back some. Thankfully I am still working from home at the moment. Went with a 20 second load time and probably could have dropped that down even more. This whipped up a really nice lather too. I may have mentioned it, but I can see the bottom of the tub in one section. There is still plenty of soap for maybe a week or two of shaves.

On the strop. 10 laps on cotton and 40 laps on leather. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Another very nice shave and I am BBS for the win! The edge on this razor was just a smidge crisp when I started using it, but has really smoothed out with stropping. I also had a lot of lather for a post shave too.

Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. I followed that up with a splash of the aftershave and everything was right as rain! Man, these lunchtime shaves are nice too. Kinda like wiping away the morning work fog. Life is good!

Shave Count (DE: 466 SE: 9 SR: 645)

Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla 
Scuttle: none
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Kropp SR
Blade: none
Brush: APshaveCo Gelousy
Soap: Krokus

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Avon Clint

Kropp’s and Bengall’s  great workin mans razors. 
Go Tim go.

Kropp’s and Bengall’s  great workin mans razors. 
Go Tim go.

Wish it was mine. Testing an edge for a friend.

Shave Count (DE: 466 SE: 9 SR: 646)

Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla 
Scuttle: none
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Kropp / H. Diamond SR
Blade: none
Brush: Yaqi Badger 
Soap: MWF

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Ethos Lavender 

Doing an edge comparison. Nothing to see here, move along. Oh ... Life is good!