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/.

Community Rules

Rule 1 - Behaviour and Etiquette

• Be Respectful. Do not bully, flame, or harass others.

• Malicious comments are not allowed but heated discussion and salty banter is okay.

• Low effort replies and complaints about content will be removed.

Rule 2 - Content Guidelines

• Mail Calls, Simple Questions, and SOTD posts belong in the recurring weekly threads.

• Posts must have sufficient content to generate a meaningful discussion.

• Images, links, or videos must include additional text that summarizes the topic.

Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure

• Use [First Impressions] in the title if your experience with the product is limited.

• Use the [Review] in the title if you can provide comprehensive details with enough familiarity to answer follow-up questions.

• 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

• Vendors are to keep marketing within the biweekly Deals/New Products threads.

• Non-vendors may post topics about products if it will foster a compelling discussion.

• Do not solicit donations or share fundraisers without mod approval.

Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content

• All NSFW/L content must request mod approval and be flaired appropriately.

• 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.

MODERATORS

Wildcard Wednesday

"Product can be any singular product you want to use - it doesn't even have to be soap.  But here's the catch: any subsequent shave by other LG participants on the same day with the same product will be disqualified; only the earliest submitted shave will earn points for being on-theme.
Note: For the purposes of counting brands for the Soap Brands bonus point, whatever you use here will be counted as whatever brand it is.  Palmolive dish soap?  Palmolive.  Skippy peanut butter?  Skippy.  Barrister and Mann Cootie Killer?  Barrister and Mann.  Home-made soap?  Assume it's branded however you would usually brand it if you made something.  Two soaps superlathered together?  Whoops, that's a disqualification."