Shaving adventures of a Milkcrate

Great looking setup Tim!

Thanks Paul!

Shave Count (DE: 495 SE: 9 SR: 769)

Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Notovan Horsehide
Scuttle: none
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Rainier Ash Badger
Soap: MWF

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Strike Gold Ike

The Deets-
Went a slightly different direction today with the aftershave. This is another piece of the PIF from Brian. This one and Kennedy are both stronger aftershaves than the first two I tried. Good stuff. Life is good!

Shave Count (DE: 496 SE: 9 SR: 769)

Pre Shave-
Strop: none
Scuttle: none
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Rainier Ash Badger
Soap: MWF

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Witch Hazel / DR Harris Sandalwood 

The Deets-
TGIF! It’s my Friday off today and I am enjoying the downtime. Was able to wake up without an alarm and then I had a vendor meeting that I couldn’t get out of. Great late morning shave and wrapped up with the sandalwood. Thank goodness it’s not like that floral stink that TOBS calls sandalwood. It smelled pretty good and the missus liked it. Had to run a couple of the dogs to the vet for annual shots. Also a few other errands to run. Life is good!

Nice Fat Friday Tim !

Nice Fat Friday Tim !

Thanks Dave! I have really enjoyed using The Fat this week.

Shave Count (DE: 496 SE: 9 SR: 770)

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

Shave-
Razor: Reynolds SR
Blade: none
Brush: Shavemac Badger 
Soap: Stirling Triumph 

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling Triumph 

The Deets-
A very nice late morning shave was had today. I was not pressed for time and it was a nice relaxing shave. This is another Stirling scent that I really dig and it’s an homage to Paco Rabanne Invictus … good stuff. With a 30 second load time, the soap whipped up a really nice lather that smelled great.

20 laps on cotton and 50 on leather and it was go time. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. The Reynolds has a JNat edge that Eric put on it and has held up very well with stropping. Three smooth passes and I am BBS for the win! Very nice.

Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Then a healthy splash of the aftershave and everything was right as rain. Yup … I’m digging it. Life is good!

Shave Count (DE: 496 SE: 9 SR: 771)

Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Notovan Horsehide
Scuttle: none
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Ralf Aust SR
Blade: none
Brush: Shavemac Badger
Soap: HeV Duc de Santal

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: HeV Duc de Santal

The Deets-
This just sounded like a good shave today and it was. A moment of calm during the storm. Last Saturday we went to our granddaughters birthday party. The next day we were told that we were exposed to Covid. Great. So we have been self quarantined since then. Well it looks like it hit the missus yesterday. She has a bunch of symptoms and a fever of 100.8 which is real high for her. So far the symptoms haven’t been bad enough to warrant a trip to the hospital. But we shall see. Hopefully our vaccinations will keep the severity tamped down some. Please send prayers, positive energy, good vibes, happy thoughts or whatever you have, send it her direction.

Oh and the little terror is still chewing things up too. Life is good!

Mrs MilkCrate and you, Tim, will be in my prayers. Keep us posted, we are here to listen, and help as we can!

Mrs MilkCrate and you, Tim, will be in my prayers. Keep us posted, we are here to listen, and help as we can!

Thank you Eric!

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The Deets-
This just sounded like a good shave today and it was. A moment of calm during the storm. Last Saturday we went to our granddaughters birthday party. The next day we were told that we were exposed to Covid. Great. So we have been self quarantined since then. Well it looks like it hit the missus yesterday. She has a bunch of symptoms and a fever of 100.8 which is real high for her. So far the symptoms haven’t been bad enough to warrant a trip to the hospital. But we shall see. Hopefully our vaccinations will keep the severity tamped down some. Please send prayers, positive energy, good vibes, happy thoughts or whatever you have, send it her direction.

Oh and the little terror is still chewing things up too. Life is good!

That's really tough Tim.  You and the missus will be in my prayers too.  If it makes you feel any better, you have an inspiringly good attitude for a man whose hands are as full as yours.