WetShaving

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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.

🪒 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

Our sister Mastodon instance is https://wetshaving.social/.

🪒 Track the uptime of our various services here:

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

🪒 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

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Password resets (self.wetshaving)
submitted 2 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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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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Today's Atlas Shaves Theme: Bufflehead Soap Co. - Elephant Walk

Notes: Lavender, Jasmine, Blood Orange, Orange Blossom, Teakwood

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Free Talk Friday (self.wetshaving)
submitted 1 day ago by walden to c/wetshaving
 
 

What's up?

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Atlas Shaves Theme for today:

Mike’s Natural Soaps - Lavendin & Eucalyptus Notes: Lavandin, Eucalyptus

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Atlas Shaves Theme for today:

Chatillon Lux - Delor de Treget
Bergamot, Cedar, Lavender, Orange, Labdanum

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Hi again,

Just to say thanks to this community for the help with the Ever Ready 1912 boot sale find I posted the other day.

The blades arrived yesterday and I had a very nice shave with it this morning. A very close shave in fact, closer than my prior daily driver the Edwin Jagger DE89.

I also like the big feedback this razor has and how it reverberates down the handle. Feels serious!

Anyways, thanks to everyone who helped me find the right blades! Shave on!

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Atlas Shaves 2 theme:

Soap Smooth - Pumpkin

Pumpkin, Ginger, Nutmeg, Cinnamon

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Atlas Shaves Theme for the day:

Barrister & Mann - Night Music

Musk, Vanilla, Bergamot, Iris, Strawberry

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Today's theme soap - Chicago Grooming Company - Lavender

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Atlas Shaves Theme for the day:

Talbot Shaving Governor's Island - Notes: Cyclamen, Lemon, Grapefruit, Ylang-Ylang, Oakmoss, Musk, Tonka Bean, Sandalwood, Amber, Bergamot, Cardamom, Jasmine, Lily of the Valley

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by vext01@lemmy.sdf.org to c/wetshaving
 
 

Hi folks,

Been shaving my head with DEs for years. The shinier the better!

Well, I just picked this razor up at a boot sale, knowing basically nothing about vintage razors. It was cheap, and I like the ornate handle, so "why not?", I thought.

However, I tried a DE blade in it and it didn't fit. Does anyone know the name for the blade this accepts? I assume it takes a SE blade, but a standard one looks too skinny.

I've seen people on the Internet talking about "Gem" blades. Not much comes up for that when I search UK suppliers, so I wonder if there's another name for them?

Maybe you can't get them any more...

Any advice? I'd like the give it a spin.

Cheers

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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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Free talk Friday (self.wetshaving)
submitted 1 week ago by walden to c/wetshaving
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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by AutoBot to c/wetshaving
 
 

Share your shave of the day!

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A good half of these are about high end platted razors, and one rule is don't drop it as if anyone purposely does that. He also says only use mineral oil but I wonder if linseed oil would also work.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz to c/wetshaving
 
 

I bought this old guy at the local antique shop. It only had superficial rusting that I cleaned up with lemon juice and baking soda. No obvious brand mark anywhere and I am not really all that knowledgable about antique safety razors. Anyone have any clues? I can never seem to get pics to embed right

Edit: Ok current theory based on the information you guys have helped provide: The head is from a gillette old type, and the handle is from a gillette new long comb. I am told the handles would break on occasion.

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It is time to prep again! Please nominate your soaps for the March edition by commenting below.

This thread closes on January 31st, 23:00 Central European Time.

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A travel razor usually either have a very tiny handle – like my, admittedly tiny all over, Laurel Ladies Boudoir Razor – or a handle in two parts – like my Merkur 985CL. But James Alex Denby Watt had a different idea. He patented a collapsible, hexagonal razor handle in 1930 – and it worked well enough to be part of a production razor.

More on that later – lets first look at the handle.

As can be seen from the drawing, it operates on the same principle as the combined traveller’s drinking cup and shaving mug we looked at a couple of years ago. It is segmented and hollow, and each segment will lock into the ones above and below it when it is extended. This means that the collapsible handle will only be one segment long when collapsed.

It also makes for a very cone shaped handle. James gave his handle a hexagonal shape, with slight indentations along each edge. This would, I think, both prevent the pieces from rotating in relation to each other as well as providing a better grip.

Patent drawing for US patent 1,749,051

Additionally, James suggested that the individual segments could be knurled, aerated, ribbed, grooved, pierced, slotted, punched, or otherwise toughened in order to provide a better grip.

This, however, do not seem to have been done in the production razor that utilised this collapsible handle; the Compax.

As a side note, the Compax was a very interesting razor in its own right. It was an adjustable single edge razor, that came with a stropping machine built into the box, and – naturally, a collapsible handle. You can fine some info and a lot of pictures right here.

I see no reason why this collapsible handle couldn’t be made with standard threads and used with almost any razor head. It could turn any razor into a travel razor.

You can read the full patent for the hexagonal collapsible razor handle over at Google Patents.

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