this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2024
7 points (100.0% liked)

WetShaving

767 readers
10 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.

🪒 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/.

🪒 Track the uptime of our various services here:

https://uptime.selfhost.ing/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

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Share your shave of the day!

all 18 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mar 7, 2024 - MM24 4th Match-Up: DG vs. ZM

DG and ZM both have great bases, with ZM slightly leading with the extra skincare ingredients. Both collaborate with incredible perfumers, and they both create excellent scents of their own.

The shave today really came down to Yuzu or Oud. I had laid out DG's Y/R/P and ZM's Amir to decide which one to use. Both prominently feature beautiful Rose and Patchouli scents, so it was the darker Oud that hit me just right this morning.

This match-up was a really tough choice.

Rating: 4.5/5

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oud for Glory++

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My take is that you chose perfectly. In all likelihood, DG will take this round so you can use both Amir and Y/R/P as part of this month's competition.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's probably true.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thursday, March 7, 2024: Les jeudis du Père Lucien


My hot take: The Zenith XS horse is floppy (not so good), but wips up a creamy lather in no time (excellent). And I completely failed the alliteration, but Thursdays are hard mkay – there definitely is a void to be filled by say, Thurman's Soap Company, or Thunderbolt Thoaps, or thomething of that kind.

I haven't counted the number of straight shaves I have done (I'm probably not that far off 100 shaves), but I get the impression that I start getting the hang of it.

Have a good night!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And I completely failed the alliteration

Yes, but you used French. All of us Americans are impressed ;-)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly, I can identify with Chevy Chase in that scene.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every customer in a French restaurant can 🤣

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

My son, who lives in Paris, said the same thing :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

March 7, 2024

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.


Heather produces a wonderful soap base for shaving with a straight razor and her splashes and balms are terrific as well. From my perspective her Zingari Man products punch way above their weight.

Today's shave was actually a test shave. This is the fourth time I've used the Iwasaki, and after the last shave, I wondered if I could push the performance of the edge which was already excellent. But ... you never know until you try, so I took it back to the stones and pushed record on the camera. I was absolutely convinced that I would feel no difference between this shave and my previous shaves with this razor, however, this shave was a tiny bit more comfortable and a tiny bit closer than my previous ones. This razor is now at similar comfort and closeness as a freshly honed Fili 14; and I don't know of a higher standard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

A Dandy Shave

  • Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Papa Eld with Declaration Grooming B3 knot
  • Razor: Thiers Issard Le Dandy
  • Lather: Declaration Grooming — Scrooge
  • Aftershave: House of Mammoth/Noble Otter/Declaration Grooming Cerberus liniment
  • Fragrance: Echt Kölnisch Wasser N° 4711

This one was easy. I can't vote for Z. You can accidentally and unknowingly end up with a racist slur as your brand name, and that really sucks. I'm not trying to minimise how unfortunate this was for Heather of u/Zingariman to have happen to her. But once known, keeping that brand for years because of rebranding costs feels insensitive to me.

I'll buy Heather's products again the moment they have a different brand.

Le Dandy ++;
B3 ++;
Liniment ++;