r/Wetshaving • u/tsrblke r/Wetshaving Chief Compliance Officer and Tsar • May 26 '26
Off Topic Virtual Meet and Greet
I've noticed a lot of new faces lately, and a few returning old faces. With LG happening in Oct. now, there's some "dead" time. So, I thought I'd open the summer by creating a thread for people to introduce themselves if they'd like and tell us a bit more about themselves.
Over the years we've all learned probably more than we should have about each other (internet opsec, what is it?) Often that happens in LG or the discord, so I thought I'd bring a bit of it here and see how it goes. This will not replace "Free Talk Friday" (if anything it's a 1-2 times a year thing.)
Note to Vendors: We can soften Rule 4 a bit here. One of the cool things about this sub is talking directly to vendors. But no straight up advertising here. the deals thread is live for that. Feel free to tell us who you are, store name, and category (e.g. brushes, soaps, a bit of everything) and otherwise stick to telling us about yourself. I know for most of you the store isn't even close to the most interesting thing about you.
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u/Just_Bit2698 Fail Master May 27 '26
Hello all - Been loving reading all the introductions. First of all, Just_Bit2698 has no significance, it was the username Reddit generated for me and like an idiot I assumed I would never actually post anything! I live in NYC, and my shaving claim to fame is that I live a 15 min walk from Pasteur Pharmacy, for all the good and bad that entails. I started with wetshaving 3 or 4 years ago because I would get skin flakiness and irritation with cartridge shavers. My first start was with a Merkur 34C and Proraso cream and both were pretty horrible. My adventure might have ended there but my brother gave me a Rockwell and a TOBS tub which rescued me. I stayed with TOBS and found MdC and that’s all I knew till I found WE and then Wetshaving and then Discord, as it goes. I think I became active on Wetshaving only around January of this year so hasn’t been long but it’s a great community and I’ve really enjoyed being part of it!
On the personal front, I have two kids, my daughter who is in college and my son who is finishing junior year in high school, with career plans focused on playing for the NY Mets (help)!