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What is wetshaving? Modern wetshaving is made up of hobbyists who enjoy a wide range of shave soaps, aftershaves, shaving brushes, razors, and more. From modern to vintage, there's a great shave out there for everyone. We actually enjoy shaving!

Visit the wiki to learn more and see if it might be something you'd like to try. Feel free to make a post with any questions you might have.

🪒 Check out these alternative front-ends for this server:

https://gem.wetshaving.social/ - a nice modern interface

https://old.wetshaving.social/ - designed to look like old.reddit.com

🪒 Track the uptime of our various services here:

https://uptime.splettnet.com/status/wetshaving

🪒 Check out our other WetShaving communities!

🪒 Wetshaving Lemmy Instance Rules

1. Behaviour and Etiquette
2. Content Guidelines
3. Reviews and Disclosure
4. Advertising
5. Inappropriate Content
∞. Administrator Discretion
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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by enndeegee to c/wetshaving
 
 

Thrill is dead and so is u/enndeegee. Atlas shaves died a long time ago. Today it returns. Ish.

Worlds Strongest Shaver lives.

Let this be understood.

Rules

  • Don’t be a knobhead. If you’ve been a knobhead you are DQd and lose all points and cannot win.

  • You track your own score this is a month of for DJ.

  • Your daily and running total must appear in your SOTD

  • Earn at least 1 non-bonus point a day or you are out.

  • Out is Out is Out

  • Last shaver standing wins, unless more than one person makes it to Feb 28th in which case points will be compared.

Points

6 points for shaving with the daily theme soap

4 points for shaving with the artisan who made the daily theme soap

3 points for shaving with the scenter who scented the daily theme soap

2 points for shaving with a soap with at least half of the same scent notes.

1 point for airbudding the day (only one air bud point is allowed per person)

Bonus Points

+1 point for cross posting to at least two of the core channels used by our community (reddit / lemmy, mastodon whatever else).

+1 for successfully identifying an error in another sub members SOTD or for spotting a rules infringement.

-All the points for the day for mistakenly calling out another sub member

+1 for having been a good member of the community the day before and engaging with others in the community (without breaking rule 1)

Daily Theme

**Lucky’s Dad’s rule apply so ignore PAA or Lothur **

The daily theme soap is the last latherbot quiz soap before midday GMT on the day before the date.

i.e. the 1st February theme will be the last quizzed soap by latherbot before 12 noon GMT on the 31st January. If that soap is by PAA or Lothur then the theme soap will be the one before that.

FAQ

Who are the Judges?

There is no judge, just a tallyman at the end. All else is based on community policing and rule 1

How do I query a rule?

You don’t. Rules are the rules. Want to push it, fine but you risk a DQ.

How do I ask questions?

Postal queries are accepted only on postcards that have a picture of a bearded dragon on and sent in to Blue Peter.

What’s a ‘knobhead’?

British slang. If you find it hard to distinguish between being funny and mean then err on the side of caution. Some examples:

P2 can be funny but he can swing wildly, miss badly and get a cob on, and Jeff’s dry humour isn’t always spotted so he can rub people the wrong way. Neither are knobheads but both can sometimes comes across as a knobheads. They should be careful. On the other hand I don’t think I’ve ever seen you-know-who be anything but a knobhead on discord, he is probably best sitting this one out or seriously thinking about why so many people on discord have him muted.

What if I want to add a prize/side contest / something else

Don’t ask permission. Just do it.

Can I cross post this?

Sure why not?

Prize

A custom Rad Dinosaur Brush.

Custom Flair for entrants and winner

Do I look like a mod?


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submitted 3 weeks ago by walden to c/wetshaving
 
 

There has been a bit of renewed interest in logging in here in order to participate in the upcoming Atlas Shaves.

That's great!

If you're reading this and are having trouble logging in, please contact me, walden, on Discord. Alternatively, click "Send Secure Message" in my profile, which takes you to Matrix chat. I can get you up and running.

If you remember which email you used to register a couple of years ago, try using the "reset password" link on the login page. That's a lot easier for me.

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Post your shave of the day for Monday!

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EDIT: Winner = You and I (Must Die) by House of Mammoth!

Vote below by indicating your choice for your soap!

PS: Nearly managed to list the soaps (counter-) alphabetically 🙄

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Post your shave of the day for Tuesday!

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Post your shave of the day for Wednesday!

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Post your shave of the day for Sunday!

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This is the voting thread for the 2nd edition of the Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club of September – which will take place on September 18. Please comment under each soap, just like last time.

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~~Vote for your favorite soap!~~ The people has spoken: Narcisse

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You have spoken: the community shave will take place on July 17th (the 3rd Wednesday of July)!

But we still have to pick to soap. Every soap will get their own comment, and if you want to vote for this soap, please comment below the soap nomination with something indicating your approbation. You can vote for several soaps; in case of a tie, we will figure something out.

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Post your shave of the day for Friday!

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Post your shave of the day for Thursday!

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Hello, World! (self.wetshaving)
submitted 2 years ago by merikus to c/wetshaving
 
 

Welcome, everyone, to the Lemmy WetShaving Community.

With the API changes at Reddit, some in /r/WetShaving are considering migrating to other platforms. We presently have a growing Mastodon server at http://wetshaving.social, a Discord server, and an IRC channel. The hope is that Lemmy will become a useful addition to those other opportunities for this community to interact. However, that is ultimately up to the community, and if this isn't working we can try something else.

At the present time this entire thing is an alpha test. I am still working on server configuration. If you encounter any bugs, please message me so I can either figure out what is going wrong, or email our hosting service about it. We are presently one of the only beta testers of Lemmy hosting at knthost.com. They are presently providing us this for free in exchange for beta feedback, and when the beta period ends the cost will be about $10 a month.

Ultimately, once the alpha period is over, the hope is to have a conversation about how we can ensure sustainable self-governance for this community. But, at present, this is all about just getting things up and running and seeing if people want to continue to use this service. We also need to think about Federation, which is the only way for us to gain new members if Reddit implodes. Right now we are private and not Federated.

Things I will be working on in the near term is automating the daily SOTD and DQT posts, putting together the rules, etc. So please just play nice in the sandbox while those things are getting going.

Thanks for joining on this post-Reddit adventure, I'm looking forward to seeing where it brings us.

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It's the only safely razor I've ever used and it has proprietary blades. I wondering how they compare to other blades and if it would be in my interest to switch to a different razor. I know some people are going to say go Feather or go home but what about other available options?

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Share your shave of the day!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by wetshavingadmin to c/wetshaving
 
 

Welcome to WetShaving Lemmy community! This is the place to ask beginner and simple questions. Some examples include:

  • Soap, scent, or gear recommendations
  • Favorite scents, bases, etc
  • Where to buy certain items
  • Identification of a razor you just bought
  • Troubleshooting shaving issues such as cuts, poor lather, and technique

Please note these are examples and any questions for the sub should be posted here.

Don't forget to have a look at the wiki, too.

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Share your shave of the day!

Atlas Shaves Theme - LA Shaving Soap Company - Woody Lavender (Ho wood, lavender, amyris bay)

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Hi wet shave dudes,

I've been shaving my head with a DE razor for a few years now. I've had a few cheap £20 razors, but they don't seem to last me very long.

On one the butterfly mecanism broke. My next was a 3 piece, which I dropped and the chrome chipped off. They were both Parker razors.

After some research, seems the way to go for durability is steel, but steel razors (e.g. rockwell 6s) tend to be above £100.

I'm not sure I'd be OK dropping that kind of money, so I wanted to ask: is there a good durable DE around £50?

Some razors are marketed as "tripple chromed". Are they any better?

Cheers

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Post your shave of the day for Friday!

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Share your shave of the day!

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Share your shave of the day!

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