this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2025
10 points (100.0% liked)

WetShaving

844 readers
13 users here now

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.

While this server is funded by personal contributions, we'd like to thank Zulip for giving us a Community subscription to their chat software (available at https://chat.wetshav.ing/).

๐Ÿช’ 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/.

๐Ÿช’ Track the uptime of our various services here:

https://uptime.selfhost.ing/status/wetshaving

๐Ÿช’ Community Rules

Rule 1 - Behaviour and Etiquette
Rule 2 - Content Guidelines
Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure
Rule 4 - Advertising
Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content
Rule 10 - Moderator Discretion

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Share your Shave of the Day for Thursday!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] DaveWave94@wetshav.ing 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

09.10.2025

  • Brush: AP Shave Co. Snakeskin w/ 26 mm Silksmoke Flattop/Fan hybrid knot
  • Razor: RazoRock Cyber Medium w/ Superknurl handle
  • Blade: Tatra
  • Lather: Declaration Grooming - Hindsight
  • Post-Shave: OAM - oli del benessere sensitive skin toner; Alterra Men sensitive ASB
  • Passes & Info: 1 pass + touchups on the dome. Sloppy wet lather, still okay shave.

Today was just a good day for the smoky Hindsight to be used. I had the lather a little bit too wet for my liking, but it was still fine to shave with.

The Tatra blades seem to be not for me, though. The sharpness deteriorated quickly even in such a mild razor like the Cyber. Even the alcohol-free aftershave toner gave me an initial sting before calming down. This usually happens when either the razor I used was too aggressive (can't be the case today) or the blade is too mild/dull for me (most likely applicable here). These simply don't cut it, literally. Having to do a bunch of touch-ups isn't what I like doing either, so I guess I'll stay with my BIC Chrome Platinum.

We had a long team meeting at work yesterday and it was quite a heated discussion. Still, I think it's important that everyone got something off their chest and we can all improve a bit now. Still have one early shift left tomorrow, then it's finally a free weekend ahead!

[โ€“] BossHoggins10@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah Tatra blade kinda suck. I had a ton of irritation using them once.

[โ€“] DaveWave94@wetshav.ing 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think they perform way better than the other Czech blades, Tiger - who are abysmally dull right out of the box - but yeah, they still kinda suck.