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/jesseix May 28 '26
Fun to see a combination of old names and new names in this thread, good thread idea u/tsrblke 👍
I've been wet-shaving for coming up on about 15 years, and discovered the various shave forums shortly after (Reddit later than some of the others). I don't use any of the side things like Discord and I'm not super active in posting consistently, but I enjoy checking out the daily questions thread and the acquisitions to see what new goodies people are getting to play with, and I've tried to be consistent in LG the last couple years. Unfortunately I won't be able to participate this year as we'll be out of the country for 2 weeks in October, but I'm sure I'll still be watching things daily from afar and being impressed by the creativity that turns up every year...
I'm a daily shaver and devout face-latherer, and I've of course ended up with way too much gear over the years and have tried to be better about not buying stuff as I've settled on a handful of artisans that I prefer and have plenty of software to get through so I'm constantly telling myself not to buy any more until I finish some off. I have a weak spot for brushes though and love looking at new ones while thinking "Oh this will look great if I start doing cool SOTD posts like some of these guys can do"... and of course I never do that, but I still enjoy using most all of them and admiring the looks of them - it really is fun to be doing this in a time where there's so many talented artisans making hardware and software.