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.
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
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Be Respectful. Do not bully, flame, or harass others.
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Malicious comments are not allowed but heated discussion and salty banter is okay.
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Low effort replies and complaints about content will be removed.
Rule 2 - Content Guidelines
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Mail Calls, Simple Questions, and SOTD posts belong in the recurring weekly threads.
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Posts must have sufficient content to generate a meaningful discussion.
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Images, links, or videos must include additional text that summarizes the topic.
Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure
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Use [First Impressions] in the title if your experience with the product is limited.
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Use the [Review] in the title if you can provide comprehensive details with enough familiarity to answer follow-up questions.
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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
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Vendors are to keep marketing within the biweekly Deals/New Products threads.
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Non-vendors may post topics about products if it will foster a compelling discussion.
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Do not solicit donations or share fundraisers without mod approval.
Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content
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All NSFW/L content must request mod approval and be flaired appropriately.
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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.
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August 24, 2024
$Discord
$ShepherdsofStirling
Progress Album
Very nice. This Damaskeene is particularly mild, and it's a joy to use. Good efficiency despite not much blade feel.
Used 4.9 grams of soap today, which is a lot. I don't use badger knots often so wasn't sure how much to load, but apparently I can dial it back a tad. Really nice lather, though.
You might notice the thread title is slightly different today. It's going to go back closer to normal tomorrow, so the day of the week will be the first word (makes it easier to find).
There was finally an update that fixed our auto-post bot, so we're back to hosting that ourselves at schedule.wetshaving.social. They added a "counter" option, so each post can have a sequential number. Based on this post I plugged the date into a calculator and today should be day #440. Tomorrow is 441, etc. If someone can check my work on that, I'd be very appreciative.
The developer of the scheduled-post bot said he's quite busy these days, so working on this side project has been moved to the back burner. Hopefully it doesn't break with future versions of Lemmy. Just part of the problem with using two different projects, one very active and undisciplined, and one not as active and trying to keep up.