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.
While this server is funded by personal contributions, we'd like to thank Zulip for giving us a Community subscription to their chat software (available at https://chat.wetshav.ing/).
๐ช 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/.
๐ช Track the uptime of our various services here:
https://uptime.selfhost.ing/status/wetshaving
๐ช 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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November 8th, 2025: Very nice!
After 5 days of varying levels of having no water, water full of bleach, cold water only, etc., the house is finally up and running! We got a new boiler with fancy new zone pumps, new indirect water heater, well tank, well filter, a UV light that the water runs through (just in case), and most importantly -- a new water softener that doesn't make us fail fecal bacteria tests! The old softener was bypassed when we bought the house, and after using it for a while we found out why it was bypassed. We couldn't pass a well water test, and dishes would sometimes smell foul. We bypassed it again, treated the system, and all of our problems went away (except for the water being slightly hard... just enough to be annoying). So replacing it was an easy decision, especially since we replaced everything else at the same time!
It's so nice having soft water again. Super soft water with 0 hardness isn't my style either -- it's slimy and things slip out of your hands. I have a mixing valve in the mail which will let me add in a bit of untreated water to make it more manageable.
Along with some car repairs on my wife's 2006 Xterra and a new dishwasher, it's shaping up to be an expensive week. These are things that we've been planning on doing for 3 or 4 years, so it's very nice to have it all coming together.
Happy to hear your water is back to normal. Super soft water is basically what I have around my area of Germany. Takes a bit more to rinse lather off, but it's way better for tea, coffee and drinking it directly from the tap. There's always a tradeoff I guess ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ