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Share your Shave of the Day for Wednesday!

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[–] walden@wetshav.ing 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

February 18th, 2026

  • Brush: Maggard Razors - Tuxedo 24mm Synthetic
  • Razor: Worcester Razor Co. Straight - 6/8 Hollow (2)
  • Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac - Tallow - Soap
  • Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Stargazer - Aftershave Serum

$discord

Nice shave. Today is the monthly meeting of the Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club. Designed around sending smushes all over the world to try new things, as of late we've been using Tabac because of international mailing fuckery. Thanks, Obama.

Participants are a group of shavers who decided they'd give the Fediverse a try. There are multiple things to pick from, but most of us are leaning towards PieFed as the go to back end. PieFed is available at https://wetshav.ing/. Lemmy is available at https://sub.wetshaving.social/, and Mastodon is available at https://wetshaving.social/.

This SOTD post will probably get me banned from Reddit. Such is life.

They can't fire you if you quit first!

Décadi 30 Pluviôse an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Traîneau: BVWSC Tabac Edition


Glorious stank! But I have to get up early tomorrow, so see you soon!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

[–] pi_dash_rho@wetshav.ing 4 points 4 days ago

SOTD - 2026-02-18: BVWSC

  • Prep: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Shave Oil
  • Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
  • Brush: Semogue - Owners' Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
  • Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3++
  • Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
  • Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original
  • Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Balm
  • Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
  • Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original - EdT
  • Tool: WSDB
  • Tags: $discord $ASS out $TLC in

Today is a meeting of the Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club. We're using good ol' Tabac Original, in part, as a protest against Big Postal and international shipping cartels. :)

As far as the ASS-HOLE TLC contest, I'm taking an airbud for the day, though using Varen as a 50% scent match was tempting.

Atlas TLC Scorecard

Category Δ
DT Soap (6) 0 0
DT Brand (4) 36 0
DT Scenter (3) 0 0
Half of the scent notes (2) 0 0
Airbudding the day 4 +1
Cross posting 13 +1
Snitching 0 0
Snitching incorrectly 0 0
Engagement Booster 13 +1
Total 66 +3

Have a good day.

[–] BossHoggins10@wetshav.ing 2 points 3 days ago

February 18th, 2026

  • Brush: Simpson - Wee Scot Badger
  • Razor: RazoRock - GOAT
  • Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum
  • Lather: Martin de Candre - Fougère - Soap
  • Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac - Aftershave
  • Fragrance: Chicago Grooming Co. - Armonia - EdP

Shave 26 of the brain bowl

[–] snooting@wetshav.ing 2 points 4 days ago

February 18th, 2026: BVWSC - Tabac Edition

  • Brush: Grizzly Bay - Chisel & Hound v24 Fanchurian 26mm Badger
  • Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable (L4, 1966)
  • Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium (9)
  • Lather: M�urer & Wirtz - Tabac Original - Soap
  • Post Shave: M�urer & Wirtz - Tabac Original - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
  • Fragrance: M�urer & Wirtz - Tabac Original - EdC

We're using Tabac for this month's installment of BVWSC. Always an excellent shave with the Stank Tank. I know the scent is often considered divisive, but everyone who doesn't like it is just plain wrong. ;)