Shaving adventures of a Milkcrate

Very nice report. Good luck this week returning to the fray.!

Thanks Eric!

Shave Count (DE: 663 SE: 9 SR: 1041)

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

Shave-
Razor: Clauss SR
Blade: none
Brush: Shavemac Beehive
Soap: SV 70th

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: SV 70th

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

Shave-
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Shavemac Beehive
Soap: HAGS Hellfire Club

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: HAGS Hellfire Club

The Deets-

I’m dropping my shave counts from my format. I originally used them to track my progress, but have enough shaves under my belt now not to bother with it.

So, my order of Hellfire Club was delivered late yesterday and I had to give it a try this morning. Hm … I will have to give it a few more tries. This shave was kinda meh and I had to switch from the Clauss over to my Gillette Fatboy.

My shave today had a couple of issues. First, my skin felt kinda … maybe waxey? Maybe I didn’t get all the soap off my face from the shower or something. But I could splash water on my face and it just rolled off and didn’t stick to my skin. That cleared up after the first pass. I then loaded my brush, but it didn’t build much lather on the soap. Maybe I overloaded too … not sure. Tried to work it up with a good face lather, but it felt off. Started with the SR and before I finished one stroke … nope let’s grab a DE. It did feel slick enough for a DE. Knocked out three passes and walked away with a good shave. But I missed the BBS that I am used too. The splash is nice and lasted for a good while. I would prefer the bottle to be glass instead of plastic though.

Not an awesome first outing, but things just went sideways. I will surely hit it again tomorrow and see if I can make some corrections.

Home Front-
Work is work. Still crazy busy, but I am hopeful that we will get things sorted and caught back up. I have a new team member and when he gets up to speed, things should improve. At home, things have been kinda low key. Life is good!

Today’s Shave

Pre Shave-
Strop: none
Scuttle: Captain's Choice
Splash and go

Shave-
Razor: Gillette Old Type
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: RazorRock 400
Soap: RR The Dead Sea

Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: RR The Dead Sea

The Deets-
This soap/AS set came in this past Thursday and I’m really digging the scent. I finished the work week with the Henckels, then switched over to the Old Type for the weekend. This razor hasn’t seen any action in a while, but it’s still a favorite DE. I picked this up early on when I moved over to traditional shaving. And using this razor really made me nostalgic for the Gillette Goodwill 162 that I purged from my den several years ago. That one was in mint condition and also a great shaver. I should have kept that one.

Anyway, I’ve enjoyed using this RR set and the scent is missus approved. Another very nice shave was had this morning too as I rocked the scuttle with hot water. That is a win! So this one has secured a slot in the permanent rotation. I may pick up PDP 63 and try that at some point. That would round the den out to an even 10, once I have purged more soaps. I think that’s enough rambling for now. Life is good!

Long time, no see. Welcome back Tim.

Long time, no see. Welcome back Tim.

Thanks Mike!

Welcome back Tim !

Welcome back Tim !

Thanks Dave!

Yay! Glad to see you pop in here Tim! We missed you around these parts.

Thank you sir. Trying to get re-engaged.