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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, Mastodon, Discord, Zulip, and IRC.

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Saturday SOTD Thread, October 3rd, 2026 (#1208) (wetshav.ing)

submitted 1 month ago by wetshavingadmin@wetshav.ing to c/wetshaving@wetshav.ing

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[–] merikus@wetshav.ing 3 points 1 month ago*

Oct. 3, 2026

Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
Razor: GEM Clog Pruf
Blade: GEM PTFE (2)
Lather: Razor Emporium - Nordic - Puck
Post Shave: Whole Hog - Unscented - Aftershave
Osma: Osma - Osma
Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

I didn’t intend on shaving with this today. I actually picked up a pack of Vanderhagen from /u/coco_for_cocoapuffs a couple months ago when I placed an order from his store and I had this day in mind when I did that so I had that sitting in my den for the past couple months. I intended to use it today, but when I pulled the box out and opened it up, quite frankly, it smelled like shit, absolute dog shit. It was like fake strawberry or some shit like that. I was absolutely unable to deal with so I found this Razor Emporium soap that someone had PIFed me quite some time ago and then I instantly lost. I found this the other day when I was going through my stuff and fortunately that means I didn’t have to use the shitty smelling strawberry Vanderhagen crap that I had purchased. The problem is while this smelled a lot less offensive than the Vanderhagen, performance was about as good as Soap Commander, which is pretty much my bar for unacceptable soap. Not a great shave, not a great smell, but all of my hardware is my most used hardware of the past 12 months so that was fun.

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