WetShaving
This is a community of enthusiasts, hobbyists and artisans who enjoy a traditional wet shave: brush, soap, and safety or straight razor. We are a part of the WetShaving community found on Reddit, Discord, and IRC.
New subscribers welcome!
Please visit our wiki, which is always and forever a work in progress.
๐ช Check out these alternative front-ends for this server:
https://gem.wetshaving.social/ - a nice modern interface
Our sister Mastodon instance is https://wetshaving.social/.
๐ช Track the uptime of our various services here:
https://uptime.selfhost.ing/status/wetshaving
๐ช Community Rules
Rule 1 - Behaviour and Etiquette
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Be Respectful. Do not bully, flame, or harass others.
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Malicious comments are not allowed but heated discussion and salty banter is okay.
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Low effort replies and complaints about content will be removed.
Rule 2 - Content Guidelines
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Mail Calls, Simple Questions, and SOTD posts belong in the recurring weekly threads.
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Posts must have sufficient content to generate a meaningful discussion.
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Images, links, or videos must include additional text that summarizes the topic.
Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure
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Use [First Impressions] in the title if your experience with the product is limited.
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Use the [Review] in the title if you can provide comprehensive details with enough familiarity to answer follow-up questions.
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Disclose how the product being reviewed was acquired (e.g., PIF, loan, or purchase). If the product was provided to you directly by the maker or vendor free of charge or at a discount, you must disclose this fact even if the item will later be returned to the maker or vendor.
Rule 4 - Advertising
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Vendors are to keep marketing within the biweekly Deals/New Products threads.
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Non-vendors may post topics about products if it will foster a compelling discussion.
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Do not solicit donations or share fundraisers without mod approval.
Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content
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All NSFW/L content must request mod approval and be flaired appropriately.
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Non-shaving related NSFW/L content is not allowed.
Rule 10 - Moderator Discretion
- The rules may not apply perfectly to every situation. The mods have final discretion.
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Complementary Non-Dickhole Day: Day 4 of Lather Games
Theme justification: These three fragrances Almond Leather, Fake Yellow Light and Gratiot League Square are three different plays on leather, working as a progression from simple to complex when put together in this order. It's a combo good enough that I remember when I found it, and I've since tweaked it, but I keep returning to it because it just feels like it's meant to be. This is a warm scentscape, and it reminds me of winter.
Today's challenge: I made this brush for my first leftorium challenge and I made it with my left hand. As a result, it's ugly, yes, but perfectly serviceable, even if the cheap faux badger knot is a bit poky.
The leftorium challenge is trippy with safety razors, because that's something we usually use with our dominant hand only. But with straights, where one of the first things one learns is to use both hands, it's easier. Now there was a bit of discussion around traditional grind kamisoris on the discord these past two days, and this made me wonder: How difficult is it to use a right-handed (traditional grind kamisoris have a chiral geometry and mine's right-handed) with my left hand?
Well, it's clumsy, it's slow, but works out. I got a better shave than with my new-to-me choice.