DaveWave94
@DaveWave94@wetshav.ing
31 M | he/him | wetshaving hobbyist from Germany | GER & EN speaking
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, November 26th, 2025 (#897) 19 hours 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) 1 day 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) 1 day 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 days 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 days 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) 4 days 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) 4 days ago:
A full stainless steel kitchen counter? Impressive 👌🏻
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, November 23rd, 2025 (#894) 4 days ago:
Tabula Rasa - 23. November 2025
- Prep: Urtekram Face Wash
- Brush: AP Shave Co. black & clear handle w/ 30 mm Tuxedo Fan knot
- Razor: Leaf Thorn
- Blade: Derby Premium (3)
- Lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes
- Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes
* Post Shave: Lavera Men Sensitive ASB
single pass head shave, great shave ; single pass on the face except moustache, soul patch and broader chin area - good shave
This sounds very stupid on my part, but now it was the shortest time I ever had a full goatee. What was supposed to just be a minor trim of the areas under my mouth directly to the sides of my soul patch turned into a full-blown re-styling and shave thanks to a mishap. Small PSA: if you’re using a trimmer, no matter for what area, make sure you have a) the right guard comb on it, b) any guard on if you’re not doing detailing/contouring. In my case, I had absolutely no guard on my zero gap trimmer and zing! one of the connection areas between moustache and chin fluff was erased. Well, shit happens - I trimmed the remaining hair into the shortest stubble possible with the 1.5 mm guard and went ahead with my shave - just with a bit more areas to cover with lather than originally planned 🤔
I’m still amazed how good VoA can smell if you get it just right. Today, while the trimmer luck had forsaken me, the wetshaving gods smiled at me and blessed me with a really great lather. Under all the dank leather and burnt rubber, I can get a little citrus/bergamot note and I simply stopped to be frustrated at my mistake. Like Bob Ross said, maybe it’s all just happy accidents. This soap can get really slick and it treated my skin well during the shave.
I was kinda impressed how well I managed to freehand style some kind of stubble anchor beard. The basic henriquatre shape was still noticeable in short form, but there was also a bit of longer scruff grown around it and I had to shave the previous “connection areas” right below the moustache and above the classic chin goatee part. Full disclosure, I didn’t do that with the 30 mm brush, but squeezed the remaining lather out and dabbed it there with my fingertips. It sure isn’t 100% symmetrical, but that’s barely noticeable at a stubble length anyways. Now I plan to give my facial hair time for regrowth; the good thing is that beard hair is a renewable resource as it simply grows back.
However, even though it resulted from a frustrating mistake, I had gotten such a good to great shave out of it that I can’t be angry about it. Things will happen and sometimes I just need to adapt on the go. Hope y’all had a great weekend and a very relaxing Sunday ✌🏻
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, November 23rd, 2025 (#894) 4 days ago:
I have to ask out of curiosity: is the metallic background in your photos an operating table or a sheet of metal?
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 21st, 2025 4 days ago:
I guess/hope it’s easier to follow along than my memories of the Discord server. A smaller group could serve chill conversations better.
Walden fulfills the admin role exceptionally well, he’s got quite a talent for community management 👍🏻 - Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 21st, 2025 6 days ago:
Agreed, especially when it’s always 4 days of work and then a single day off 😩
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 21st, 2025 6 days ago:
Since today was my only day off and I had to spend it with cleaning, grocery shopping and getting a gas/fuel refill at the gas station in freezing temperatures, I am kinda in the mood to spread at least a little bit of positivity: one of my recent discoveries on YT is a channel that emulates typical late 70’s documentaries called British Cryptids. If they didn’t use AI-generated parts in some earlier videos, I might’ve totally believed that it was some kind of Lost Media that’s recently been found in an archive. Thankfully, they listened to community feedback and don’t use any AI generated interview segments anymore, as those felt kinda misplaced and jarring for the time vibe they were going for. Here’s a nice video from this channel: The Woodwose of Cannock Chase - on a related note, “Woodwose” was a word that I was completely unfamiliar with as a non-native english speaker, but I find it rolls off the tongue nicely. At least better than “Sasquatch”.
I also realised it’s now a week since I promised to join the Zulip server. Long story short, early shifts suck badly and the fatigue fries my already short memory even more. I’ll get around to it eventually though.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, November 21st, 2025 (#892) 6 days ago:
Shave-tures of the Night - 21. November 2025
- Prep: Urtekram Face Wash
- Brush: Omega Roma Colosseo 31 mm
- Razor: RazoRock Hawk V2 w/ Superknurl handle
- Blade: Kai Captain Protouch MG
- Lather: HAGS - Creatures of the Night (Mutton Tallow Base)
- Post Shave: OAM - Dolce Vita ASB Gel
1 pass on the head, 2 on the face around a fresh henriquatre beard.
So I have to confess that I abruptly ended my November moustache experiment about a week ago. It was simply looking unkempt to me, no matter what I tried, so I buzzed everything off as I began to dread looking into mirrors. Since then, I grew out my beard until I had enough to go back to a full goatee/doorknocker/henriquatre. I realised that I like to have my facial hair short and uniform, so I am probably stuck in this limbo state of Schrödinger’s Facial Hair (having some kind of beard but at the same time kinda not). Currently it’s back down to 3 mm and I try not to obsess too much about it.
My head or rather the back of my neck still hasn’t healed up 100%, so this was another one pass WTG shave. Still comfortable despite the Hawk not being the best dome razor: it’s a bit cumbersome in certain areas.
This mutton base by HAGS doesn’t have a fancy name AFAIK, but it’s really easy to get very slick even with just a thin layer of soap. I rarely reach for the Hawk and it’s probably not only because it’s not very nimble for head shaving; it’s also rather harsh, but thankfully most irritation on my face where “trimmer bites” from my beard trim earlier today. It does the job, sure; yet I find it even kinda lacking for getting good lines/contours in comparison to my Leaf Thorn or the MMOC.
CotN and Dolce Vita is yet again a very sweet combo, both share a musk note but it’s kinda overshadowed by other more prominent scents. In CotN, it’s a powdery sweetness reminiscent of american barbershop soaps. In DV, it’s caramel. Usually sweet stuff is not my style, but since we had frosty minus degrees lately (Celsius NOT Fahrenheit, in case our american friends where worried) - it fits with a winter vibe. Have a nice weekend, everyone. I’ll work.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, November 20th, 2025 (#891) 1 week ago:
Apologies, I tend to forget that you’re rather limited with commercial products in the US. Even though my original reply came off rather snobbish towards Nivea balms, I want to say that IMHO the Men sensitive ASB is indeed their best product. Since skincare is one of my hyperfixations, I just found the comparison to ZM artisan products a bit weird. But no ill intent on my side, honestly.
I can relate to that though. A lot of artisan balms smell great, but - well - they go bad very fast and that’s just not justifying the high price for me personally. I mostly go for alcohol-free toners nowadays, as both lower face and my scalp are very dry skin areas for me and combine them with more commercial/readily available balms. Unfortunately, artisan balms in big 100 ml bottles will go bad for me; case in point, I probably need to pour most of my old artisan balms/lotions down the gutter and that’s not really appreciative of the great quality they have.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, November 20th, 2025 (#891) 1 week ago:
Zing aftershave serum is great stuff. Maybe even better than Nivea Sensitive Balm!
If the new “aftershave serum” is like the “recovery splash”, it should be leagues ahead of Nivea balms. Together with a few other aftershave toners, the Zingari post-shave products are the cream of the crop for skincare after shaving. At least in my experience. I never understood the hype for Nivea, probably just Beiersdorf being good at marketing. Even for german options available in our supermarkets or drugstores, it doesn’t hold a candle to Sebamed ASB or Speick products.
- Comment on [Mail Call] A nice assortment from Maggard Razors 1 week ago:
Nice goods! The ZM Stargazer set sounds especially interesting and I really like the great label art. Well deserved for keeping our little community here running!
@PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social , great gesture 👏🏻
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, November 14th, 2025 (#885) 1 week ago:
I read an interesting blog post after a short research: the Escher stones originally came from the area near Sonneberg, a southern thuringian city famous for developing and manufacturing all kinds of children’s toys. The sharpening stones themselves are rather rare and therefore expensive. Something new to me, but nevertheless quite interesting!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, November 18th, 2025 (#889) 1 week ago:
18. November 2025
- Brush: Omega Roma Colosseo 31 mm
- Razor: RazoRock Cyber Medium w/ 316L Bamboo handle
- Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum
- Lather: Ariana & Evans - Ouddiction (K2e)
- Post Shave: HAGS - Barberwood (Toner)
Only a single WTG pass head shave after it was finally possible to shave my head again. The cut on the back of my neck has almost healed up and thankfully the Cyber is rather mild to my scalp.
The Ouddiction + Barberwood combo was a really great match, both have rather sweet but masculine cologne scents. Also, whatever is in K2e base makes my skin feel really good. Unusual for an A&E soap, this is almost ZM or WK Levels of comfort!
Small WSDB nitpick: it automatically capitalizes every word I want to enter, even the mm for the brush knot diameter. But still: it’s a very useful tool and definitely beats always copying my template from my notes app!
Speaking of brushes, only today did I realise that I misspelled the brush name in my previous posts. It’s Colosseo, not Colossea… Well, aside from medical terms, my latin sucks. - Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 14th, 2025 1 week ago:
Thanks for the help and infos! I’ll surely check out the Zulip server soon anyway 👍🏻
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 14th, 2025 1 week ago:
Yep, it definitely is the right time for it 👍🏻
The box is what interests me the most. Currently I have an Xbox Series X that I got while they were on discount - unfortunately that’s connected to Microsoft and their shady practices. Unfortunately I don’t have the funds nor the time to go deeply into PC gaming, so it’d be the perfect device for me. The only downside is no physical media whatsoever, but I fear that’s dead in gaming anyways. If I buy a disc nowadays, I have only a few hundred MBs on it and then the whole rest is downloaded from the XB Store. I’d need a new Blu-ray/DVD-Player for my growing movie collection, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make. The Steam Deck reminds me of the Sony PSP I used to have, handheld gaming certainly would be a welcome thing in my single household again. How do you like your Deck so far?
+1 on the Linux front. IMHO, SteamOS together with distros like Bazzite, CachyOS and Pop!OS that are already very welcoming to gaming needs will probably help to firmly establish the Linux platform in gaming. I still plan to change my OS on my laptop to a Linux distro soon, even though there will be a a steep learning curve…
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, November 15th, 2025 (#886) 1 week ago:
Tobacco Dome - 15. November 2025
- Brush: Omega Roma Colossea 31 mm
- Razor: Leaf Thorn
- Blade: Derby Premium (1)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - The Full Measure of Man
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Master
- Additional Care: Osma alum block
2-pass head shave. Gave myself a nasty cut on the back of my neck, but don’t know how it happened.
First try of the WSDB SOTD post generator. Feels quite natural and fast to use. I like that I’m not locked into specific products and don’t need an account for it!
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, November 14th, 2025 (#885) 1 week ago:
A project for another day!
Best of luck with it & let us know when it’s done 👍🏻
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, November 14th, 2025 (#885) 1 week ago:
Those 2-blade Personna cartridges are, if cartridges need to be used, the best available option IMHO together with single-blade disposable BIC razors.
That SOTD generator looks really cool, but if you miss some features from your database maybe you could create your own SOTD post generator? Granted, I don’t know how much work this would involve. A lot of effort, I imagine. But I would definitely give it a try too if you ever decide to do so and need testers 👍🏻
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, November 14th, 2025 (#885) 1 week ago:
Thuringian edge
Feels kinda surreal that my small little german state has a sharpening stone/edge named after it. Really cool though!
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 14th, 2025 1 week ago:
Voyager now has (experimental) PieFed support, so I gladly changed back to my known Fediverse app. Still no profile editing support, but oh well…
I’m really fed up with my job atm, or rather with my current workplace. I love being an RN finally, but there’s so much annoying bullshit going on at the nursing home that I honestly consider leaving. My former classmate has already given them her notice and will change jobs by the end of this month. I probably will wait until next year.
There’s no feeling of competence forming in me since they always plan way too many other RNs in my shift and all the others act like they’re doing too much. So all the unpopular tasks are left for me to do, which I hate. I seriously don’t need my degree for sorting laundry. And while my contract is only for 30 h/week, I work way more. So much for my plan to recover a bit more with a reduced work schedule…
There are some other minor annoyances that have piled up frustration in me, so I look forward to the job hunt in 2026.And another thing I look forward to is the recent Steam hardware announcement by Valve. I already hope to be able to afford the high-end version of their Steam Deck someday, but this new box and controller also look really tempting. It’d also finally allow me to be free from M$ and their shitty service!
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 14th, 2025 1 week ago:
Bummer indeed, but I don’t blame him for it considering the crazy tariff situation enforced by President Cheeto…
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 14th, 2025 1 week ago:
I must say that my last experience was very negative. Granted, it was over a year ago - but the delivery never reached me and instead of going to a nearby pickup point, it was delivered to one over 50 km away from me with short opening hours. Of course it was returned to Slovenia as I couldn’t pick it up, but never got my money refunded. I had to open a case with PayPal to actually get it back.
Seeing as how barren the shop looks now, it’s probably that his priorities changed (or: had to change) and he just sells everything off before closure. Anticatura was a one-man operation IIRC and maybe life got in his way. Despite my one negative experience, I hope he’s alright and everything turns out well for him.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, November 12th, 2025 (#883) 2 weeks ago:
Sounds interesting, I had to look up what SSO meant but I also think it’s not that big of a deal (I use ProtonPass for AutoFill + keeping track of my logins).
I guess almost everything is less bloated than Discord. I only still have that app for keeping in touch with former classmates, I seriously hate that UI.
If there’s a mobile app or PWA functionality, I might try out Zulip. There might be some overlap between the times where I am awake with some american “normal” time zones 🤔 - Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, November 12th, 2025 (#883) 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, November 12th, 2025 (#883) 2 weeks ago:
I actually read about this but totally forgot about it 🤦🏻♂️
Zulip kinda looks like Discord yet seems to focus more on businesses communication/teams. Really interesting.
