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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Rule 10 - Moderator Discretion
- The rules may not apply perfectly to every situation. The mods have final discretion.
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Southern Wedgecrafts Wedgeday
Kind of a good news, bad news situation. We have our first upset, but DG took a surprisingly brΓΌtal beating yesterday:
64 𦦠vs 26 π¦¬
Who would have thought just a few years ago that Declaration Grooming could lose this match-up by more than a 2-1 margin? DG was king. Talk about fall from grace π³.
The race was never close, to the hour-by-hour horse race table is less interesting that the one for the BaM-SW nailbiter two days ago:
I had mentioned that I suspected NO might win, just based on how visible the two brands have been in the sub recently, but I thought it'd be close. this almost Tabacalypse-level of clarity definitely took me by surprise.
Today's Wedgeday shave is brought to by Southern Wedgecrafts and Wedge & Butcher. The heavy Sheffield cleaver is alwaysa joy to use and Pomona and Teacher's Pet are a very uncontroversial pairing that immediately got me compliments from the missus. I'll spritz on the Island Man before leaving for the office.
Surprising but welcome results. Noble Otter is just so great.
Agreed. And apologies, but I don't know how to say this without being a dick, but DG is ... not so great.
When I started this lifestyle back in 2020 Scott was all the rage. I think Milksteak was relatively new at that point? His scents and brushes never really clicked with me, which has saved me lots of money!
You and I started right around the same time, and I have had a similar experience. I do like some of his scents (Fake Yellow Light!), some of his dupes (MOTI!), and several of his collabs (Weinstrasse, YRP!), but I feel like every other time I heard from Scott in his own words, he was either complaining about his customers on podcasts on the chat, or making non-apology-apologies for long wait times and defective products like unlatherable Opulence and broken B12 knoots.
Wedgeday++;
My first contrarian loss. If each round went according to seed, and I pick the higher number in each round, I get to use 15 out of 16 soaps on competition days. If I pick the lower number in each round, and there are no upsets, 8 out of 16 soaps get used. Clearly, I have my own ideas of winning :)