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.
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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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Tried something different today: shaving before I showered. This'd be way more convenient, but I thought it didn't work out well for me. However it finally occurred to me that was back during a long dark age where I exclusively used the same Merkur/Feather/Williams combo in a somewhat savage and very utilitarian fashion. Thankfully, my knife sharpening guy moved indirectly inspiring me to try a straight razor which lead to a whole collection and a rekindled interest in shaving general.
It went fine. In fact, I was intentionally being a bit conservative yet got a closer shave than I was aiming for, maybe the slight expansion of hydrated skin hides a tad more hair or something? Probably I just do a better job with this razor. I was lucky to find it, almost sold it for more than I'd ever have been willing to pay for it but that kind gentleman wisely asked if I was sure. I wasn't. I was far happier to have found this than I would have been if that much money just appeared out of the blue.
And in case you wonder, no, I didn't mute the toe like that, it came that way from the factory. Really. Though just as well I suppose, I don't find a spike point to be all that relaxing (though interesting now and then) so I probably get more use out of it this way. And at the time they didn't realise they were making quite the treasured heirloom this became.
Great write-up, and great find!