DaveWave94
@DaveWave94@wetshav.ing
31 M | he/him | wetshaving hobbyist from Germany | GER & EN speaking
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, December 15th, 2025 (#916) 2 days ago:
Thanks 👍🏻
Everything still feels very surreal and there’s no written contracts yet except an email confirming their intent to hire me on January 1st once the paperwork arrives. Still, I feel like I achieved a huge success and that’s kinda great atm. - Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, December 15th, 2025 (#916) 2 days ago:
Thanks, it really went great! After extensively talking to the head nurse of the station and the head of nursing services at the hospital, I got a verbal agreement that I can start there in January. Since it’s ~500€ more per month than at the rehabilitation centre, I agreed without hesitation. That’s a once in a lifetime chance to change for a way better career. The path they have in mind for me seems to be well thought out and concise, in comparison to the awkward conversation yesterday at the rehabilitation center.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, December 15th, 2025 (#916) 2 days ago:
Thanks! It was better than expected - I got a verbal agreement/job offer to start in January and I said yes without hesitation. 😅
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, December 15th, 2025 (#916) 3 days ago:
15. December 2025
- Brush: Omega Roma Colossea 31 mm
- Razor: Leaf Thorn
- Blade: Derby Premium half-DE
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - The Full Measure of Man
- Post Shave: HAGS - Barberwood toner
- Post Shave: Alterra Men Sensitive ASB
* Fragrance: Bentley For Men Intense EdP
2-pass head shave, smooth and rather comfortable. One tiny weeper who always seems to appear on the left side, otherwise no irritation.
I couldn’t get a shave in before my job interview today, mostly because I thought it wasn’t needed to rush a shave and risk getting cut. I did this slow, calm and methodical and it paid off - a really smooth, shiny dome. Used the same soap as yesterday, just a different aftershave. Unfortunately, this sweet toner clashes with the mature tobacco notes of FMoM quite a lot. Wouldn’t want to repeat that combo.
As for the interview, it was rather lackluster compared to the fancy hospital. Today it was at a rehabilitation centre for cancer and lymphology patients where my mom works at (part-time, doing arts and crafts with the patients in the afternoon to early evening). They didn’t seem very enthusiastic about adding a male nurse to their team; also, financially it’s not as good as the hospital offer. I still managed to get another appointment for a one day work trial on Wednesday. So tomorrow I work one day at the hospital and the following day there. I can make a direct comparison this way, but even after talking to my mom I currently favour the hospital as my future workplace. Oddly, she agrees. Well, all the more motivation to give my best tomorrow! Already kinda nervous, but that’s part of the trade.
The biggest downside is that I need to get up very early at 4:00 AM to be there before 6:00 AM. Hence why I shaved + posted earlier than usual. Have a nice time, folks - I’ll let you know how it works out ✌🏻
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, December 14th, 2025 (#915) 4 days ago:
14. December 2025
- Brush: Omega Roma Colossea 31 mm
- Razor: Stando Perun
- Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - The Full Measure of Man
* Post Shave: OAM - Oli del benessere Sensitive Skin toner
single WTG pass + a bit of buffing on head and neck. Basically just a comfortable shave to calm down - not very close, but needn’t be.
Currently I have a lot of stressful things coming up, like another job interview tomorrow and then the one day work trial at the hospital on Tuesday. I just needed to calm down a bit, so a nice mild shave was in order. Probably will need another one tomorrow before the interview, but this will be manageable since my appointment is at 13:30. I really hope that I can make a good decision for my future career in the upcoming week - last minute job hunting sucks the soul out of me.
FMoM was great as always and it seems like the skin on my scalp has recovered almost fully - some tiny blood spots, but no actual weepers or nicks anymore. They were all gone once the toner was applied. OAM is Officina Artigiana Milano (I’m almost sure I wrote that wrong, my Italian sucks) and their “wellness oils” smell very masculine. They are one of the few european manufacturers who do alcohol free toners though, great for my skin (prone to rashes/flaking). I think I’ll wear a nice fragrance tomorrow, a good scent instantly makes me more confident.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, December 11th, 2025 (#912) 6 days ago:
Thanks! Yeah, it seems like everything’s moving in the right direction 👍🏻
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, December 11th, 2025 (#912) 6 days ago:
No worries DJ. If you’re sick at home, nobody was bothered by your unshaved self but you 😉
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, December 11th, 2025 (#912) 1 week ago:
Rare GEM - 11. Dezember 2025
- Prep: Aloe Vera Gel
- Brush: Omega Roma Colossea 31 mm
- Razor: GEM Micromatic Bullet Tip/Flying Wing
- Blade: GEM PTFE
- Lather: HAGS - Aftermath (Vegan base)
* Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Master
1 pass on the head as well as one each for neckline and cheek lines. A bit of a rough shave yet again, don’t know how old this blade is.
One of my few rare GEM SE razor shaves. Especially with this gold-plated razor, it’s probably getting the fewest uses out of the bunch. Unfortunately the head shave wasn’t so nice, I thought one day off would allow my skin to heal, but nope. It scraped up a few of the old weepers. Thankfully, only a bit - so no alum block was required. The end result was rather close, but less comfortable. Same for my neck.
Btw, by reading neckline and cheek lines you can probably guess that the henriquatre is no more. Actually, for a few days already. I simply obsessed too much about perfect straight lines and my short stubble allows me to appreciate imperfections much better. It’s still kinda hard for my inner perfectionist, but hey, I rocked a job interview like this.Speaking of the job interview, it went well. Really interesting workplace and they’d hire me on January 1st if everything fits. I have an appointment for a “hospitation day” next Tuesday, to see if I can get along with this kind of work and the potential colleagues of this station. So far, so good. The Monday before is yet another job interview, so I actually have two places to compare. I’ll try to leave my best impression so that ideally, both places would want to hire me and it’s up to my decision what I choose.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, December 11th, 2025 (#912) 1 week ago:
Was this the first time in years that your daily streak ended?
I wouldn’t worry too much. You’re sick and it’s best to put your main focus on recovery instead of fancy shaves. Get well soon ✌🏻🍀 - Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, December 9th, 2025 (#910) 1 week ago:
Thank you, much appreciated 🙏🏻
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, December 9th, 2025 (#910) 1 week ago:
Thanks 🙏🏻
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, December 9th, 2025 (#910) 1 week ago:
9. Dezember 2025
- Brush: Omega Roma Colossea 31 mm
- Razor: RazoRock Cyber Medium w/ Superknurl handle
- Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum
- Lather: Noble Otter - Ace
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Master; Lavera Mikrosilber Akut cream
* Alum: Osma alum block
2 passes on the head, 1 on the neck. Rough shave, a couple of weepers on my head.
Another late shave since I have a job interview at 10 tomorrow. Unfortunately not my best shave with this setup - used a fresh BIC Chrome Platinum and they’re constantly biting me when they’re new. The shave itself didn’t feel uncomfortable, but I knew I was in for a hard time when I saw blood in the lather. Thankfully I still had my alum block around and the ZM recovery splash took care of the rest together with the Lavera cream.
Maybe my shaky hands contributed to this mediocre shave too, I am really nervous about tomorrow. It’s a very fancy hospital in the Thuringian forest with a high reputation. They were rather fast to get back to me and I am quite interested about what they offer for my future career. No final decisions tomorrow, but I am indeed on edge because if they’d want me, it’s a very good sign.
Have a nice day/evening/night ✌🏻
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, December 8th, 2025 (#909) 1 week ago:
8. Dezember 2025
- Brush: Omega Roma Colossea 31 mm
- Razor: RazoRock Cyber Medium w/ Superknurl handle
- Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber
* Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Master
1 pass head shave, done before my late shift. Comfortable shave.
Hadn’t shaved properly in a while. This felt nice, but unfortunately not a lot of time to get it done. Lots of things on my mind atm, can’t write this properly… Have a good time, everyone. ✌🏻
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - December 5th, 2025 1 week ago:
That’s definitely a fair and interesting point. I personally think a combination of both would be the ideal path. Me, growing up in the late 90s through the 2000s in rural East Germany, I was mostly just told to toughen up, don’t cry, swallow your anger, etc. - so I often try to figure out difficult times on my own, trying not to bother anyone. I see where you’re coming from though, as I also follow some ADHD communities where everyone blames every little flaw on their ADHD. I mean, it’s certainly not the same for everyone and most likely, it’s a spectrum disorder like autism. It’s also definitely a part of me, but it doesn’t define every single aspect of my life. Just because I have executive dysfunction, I can also just be lazy sometimes. Or do 8 hours of work in just 4, depending on the circumstances. Even though I have time blindness, I can manage to be punctual. I still managed to get two different degrees in the medical field - occupational therapist and registered nurse, while others lament that they’ll never have a successful career with their ADHD. It’s just a matter of the right coping strategies and working with my strengths instead of against my flaws IMHO.
So I’d personally say we should strive for a golden middle. Don’t be a wuss, but crying is okay if you’re overwhelmed with sadness. Don’t let your conditions define you, learn to appreciate what you can do well instead. Ask for help if needed, but also offer your help - we’re social beings after all.
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - December 5th, 2025 1 week ago:
Thanks walden, I truly appreciate it! I remember you posting about your wife beating cancer, so I felt comfortable sharing my current experience here. Hope everything will stay in best conditions for both of you, you really deserve it after such an arduous and painful experience.
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - December 5th, 2025 1 week ago:
Thanks. You’re so right, I feel like if I’d continue in this unsatisfactory work environment, I’d slip into a major depression again.
Isn’t it awful that society and our upbringing conditions us that “boys don’t cry”? Everything except happiness and confidence is deemed unfit for the public space. I wholeheartedly agree with your statement 👍🏻
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - December 5th, 2025 1 week ago:
I’m in a weird mental state lately. Can’t even explain the mix of emotions clearly.
First, my mother has a surgery appointment coming up next week since the doctors suspect breast cancer. We don’t know if it’s benign, malign, just an inflamed cyst, etc. - so this whole stuff has me worried. Of course I have some medical background knowledge due to my career, but apart from the rational mindset is the emotional one that’s just scared of losing my mom to cancer. She’s worried too, as she don’t know how well she’d take a chemotherapy with her other health issues (fibromyalgia, small fiber polyneuropathy).
Then there’s my need to change jobs - lately I realised how since I got done with my RN degree in late August, I was never happy about my workplace. Working almost every weekend (today is my third in a row, btw), working way more hours than the 30 h/week I was only hired for, only one or at most two days off between bouts of shifts, more early shifts than late shifts despite me telling them it fucks up my biorhythm and finally: no really competent things to do for me and being stuck in a rut. I decided that I need to change, either now or never. So I will let my fixed-term contract run out at the end of this month. Yet, making this decision on the 28th of November left only a small time window for getting a new job. I can proudly say that I managed to score two job interviews with online applications that really interest me. One at a hospital, the other at a rehabilitation centre for oncology and angiopathy (my mom works at the latter by doing arts and crafts as an afternoon activity for the patients, so that’d be a huge plus). I really want to expand my knowledge in the medical field, which is close to impossible in a nursing home. There, everything is trimmed on time efficiency and providing the bare minimum to the residents. I’m glad to leave this behind, but it’s still stressful for me.
I lately have trouble to really show my emotions again. As I heard, this is rather common with ADHD and some other mental conditions and is referred to as “masking”, i.e. putting on your “I’m normal” mask. Doesn’t really help that in the past what I thought were my friends rejected and ridiculed me for being ‘too emotional’. Therefore I usually swallow my sadness, anger, or any other negative emotion and due to psychosomatics I get digestive issues. Recently I saw a random YT video by a guy I don’t even know - unfortunately he talked about how his old Chihuahua passed away recently and that was the straw that broke the camels back for me - I randomly cried in my living room like I last did… late 2023? I couldn’t even cry a lot during my grandma’s funeral since I had to be strong for my mother who was in tears. Thinking about it, I always had to be strong - or at least, appear so - because it was expected of me. So crying alone in the privacy of my home felt somehow cathartic.
Given that I lost all my “friends” due to my career choices and different lifestyles, I only have my parents as a regular social contact besides work. So I’m also really grateful for this little community here, even though I’ve never met anyone of you in person. It helps that I can sometimes get stuff like this off my chest, even if not many see it. For those who’ve read this far, thank you and have a great weekend!
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - December 5th, 2025 1 week ago:
Sounds like you’ve made good progress on making everything neater and safer for your RC club 👍🏻
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, December 2nd, 2025 (#903) 2 weeks ago:
2. Dezember 2025
- Prep: Aloe Vera gel
- Brush: AP Shave Co. black & clear handle w/ 31 mm Tuxedo Fan knot
- Razor: Leaf Thorn
- Razor: RazoRock Hawk V2 w/ Superknurl handle
- Blade: Derby Premium
- Blade: KAI Captain Protouch MG
- Lather: Los Jabones de Joserra - The Witcher
- Lather: GRN - Hemp & Hops brushless shaving cream
- Post Shave: OAM - Dolce Vita ASB gel
2 passes on both head and face, the latter since the henriquatre is finally back. Using two different setups to test the features of the WSDB SOTD generator.
Well, here I am again. The last few days were quite stressful for me tbh, so I felt like diving back into wetshaving as a hobby with a interesting experiment. Both head and face got a dry trim earlier today, so I wondered what would feel better: soap and brush or brushless cream/gel that’s applied with my hands? To the surprise of probably no one in this hobby sphere, the soap won by a landslide. The only upside of this brushless stuff that’s a hybrid between a shaving cream and a gel is that it was semi-transparent - so I could see the lines better. Oh, and I killed the remaining cream in the tube and don’t need any more of it now.
Now it isn’t like the face shave was awful, the result isn’t bad and totally serviceable. But my skin doesn’t feel that nice. I guess it reminded me way too much about how I used to shave: disposable razors, cheap shave gel and drugstore ASB. So honestly, safety razors only wouldn’t make it special to me. At least not on their own. I fell in love with the full package, from preparing the lather to post-shave shenanigans.
At first I wanted to go for the Don Logan look of moustache and goatee barely connected, but it’s still a bit short for that. I like how it gives me a cleaner, more well-kempt appearance - stubble beards are, despite their easygoing relaxed look, quite troublesome to maintain and get right. Plus I need to appear a bit more authoritative with job interviews coming up soon. Fingers crossed ✌🏻
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, December 1st, 2025 (#902) 2 weeks ago:
3:15am shave
Congrats, I’d be dead from severe blood loss if I attempted to shave that early…
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 28th, 2025 2 weeks ago:
Thank you! Difficult situation, but I feel it’s the best decision for me to make. I need to force myself to get off my ass and outta that nursing home; lest I still sit there at 50 and none the wiser…
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 28th, 2025 2 weeks ago:
Thanks! Yeah, every massive downside has a little upside too.
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 28th, 2025 2 weeks ago:
Yesterday I had a talk with my current higher-ups about terminating my contract, or rather letting it run out at the end of the year.
You see, I have a fixed-term/temporary contract that ends on the 31. December 2025. They wanted to extend it, but I declined. Gave my own personal health matters and those of my parents as a reason; I simply want to be near if something happens and there’s already a lot going on besides my issues with the current job. They were disappointed, but overall rather understanding.
That means I now need to search for a job fast during December; thankfully nursing is a career field with a high fluctuation and a massive staff shortage; I’m quite confident that I’ll have a new workplace ready by January 1st. Already sat down to bring my CV up to date, but now the late shift awaits…
Hope you fine folks have a great weekend ✌🏻
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, November 26th, 2025 (#897) 3 weeks ago:
I was always wondering why so many artisans hired/collaborated with him to scent their products, now I know - he can do fresh interesting citrus like GraveFruit II as well as dark spicy barbershop scents like The Master.
Unfortunately I couldn’t find a link to an american shop that carries that soap for you 😕 tariffs make ordering from Italy, Greece or Germany totally unviable for you in the US.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, November 26th, 2025 (#897) 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, he’s really good. We did your Noir for one BVWSC and it was a really interesting scent to me too…
My other LJdJ is “Masala Connection” and I think you’d appreciate that scent even more. Bergamot, Cinnamon, Patchouli, Black Pepper, Cedar, Leather and Tonka Bean - it’s a very bold scent. The Witcher has a bit more sweetness due to the vanilla, Masala Connection is basically just spices, wood and leather. I don’t know how these work so well as a combination, but they somehow do…So far I haven’t had a single product scented by Shawn Maher that I disliked. Truly a master perfumer.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, November 26th, 2025 (#897) 3 weeks ago:
26. November 2025
- Brush: AP Shave Co. black & clear handle w/ 30 mm Tuxedo Fan knot
- Razor: Leaf Thorn
- Blade: Derby Premium
- Lather: Los Jabones de Joserra - The Witcher
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Master
- Alum: Osma Alum block
2 passes on the head, 1 on the neckline. A great shave except for one nicked mole on my neck.
This combo is slowly becoming one of my personal all-time favourites, the spicy notes in both scents are working wonderfully in conjunction. Thankfully, no tingling or any other adverse reactions from the soap anymore. I don’t know what was the cause during my first use of it. The Vetonia base is top notch; unfortunately José doesn’t have a dedicated internet presence for his business so his goods could be even more well-known.
’nuff said. Enjoy your Wednesday, folks 👍🏻
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, November 23rd, 2025 (#894) 3 weeks ago:
The swiss way sounds like the most logical solution to the problem you named - rarely, if ever, will an old kitchen setup fit another flat’s kitchen space.
The cable story sounds dangerous though, really good nothing worse has happened…
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, November 23rd, 2025 (#894) 3 weeks ago:
After looking at images, I tend to agree. There’s a bleak coldness to these counters that makes it look like a prison canteen. Nevertheless, good neutral background for your photos. 👍🏻
I’m a renter too, but the flats/apartments over here rarely include any furniture. - Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, November 23rd, 2025 (#894) 3 weeks ago:
It’s definitely interesting. To me, the rubber note in VoA is like skid marks on a race track from slamming the brakes, drifting, etc.
The citrus note is definitely prominent, just usually more drowned out by the harsher scent notes for me. So my nose doesn’t even reliably work the same every time! 😂 - Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, November 23rd, 2025 (#894) 3 weeks ago:
A full stainless steel kitchen counter? Impressive 👌🏻
