Limited-edition collaborations, reviews, and field-tested gear for the wet shaving community. Whether you're picking up your first DE razor or you've been at it for forty years, you're home.
Rich, creamy, ultra-slick lather on the new EIEIO base (Wagyu tallow, duck fat, lard, castor oil), paired with a new alcohol splash designed with skin feel in mind.
Reviews, interviews, and dispatches from artisans and content creators across the wet shaving world.
Noble Otter Firefighter is the artisan world's quietest charity release, an aquatic-woodsy shave soap and matching after shave splash made to raise money for the American Red Cross and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Despite the name, there are no smoke notes. Grapefruit, lavender, red cedarwood, sandalwood, and ambergris carry the scent. Both halves are available at The Wet Shaving Store.
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Two community meetups to put on your calendar. The Great Texas Wet Shavers Meetup at the Kalahari Resort in Round Rock on June 6, and The Great Mid-Atlantic Wet Shavers Meetup at Conshohocken Brewing on October 18. Hosts, vendors, and how to get tickets below.
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PAA has officially announced the return of Agua Dulce, their long-running Florida Water tribute that first hit the catalog back in 2016. A decade in, it has earned a cult slot in the seasonal rotation.
Read more →Each collab is a one-and-done partnership with an artisan. Each release is sold by the partner, links go directly to that retailer.
Small-batch makers, family-run soap labs, and independent razor smiths. Every Shave Dad release is a partnership.
Short guides built around the questions Jerry has answered ten thousand times in the Facebook group.
The Full Beginner's Path →
Wet shaving is the original way to shave, a brush, a soap, a single-blade razor, and water. Here's why people still do it.
What to look for in a starter double-edge razor, and three specific models that won't steer you wrong.
Synthetic, boar, or badger, what each is, what they cost, and which one to start with.
Soap vs. cream, tallow vs. vegan, drugstore vs. artisan, and three specific starter products that won't disappoint.
The single skill that makes or breaks a wet shave: turning a puck of soap into a thick, slick lather. With water ratios.
WTG, XTG, ATG, what they mean, why each pass exists, and how to actually do them without bleeding.
What you do in the five minutes before and after the razor matters more than most beginners realize.
Diagnose what went wrong from the symptom: stinging, red rash, bumps, or pinprick bleeding.
How to make a brush last 10 years and a razor last forever. Drying, blade rotation, soap storage.
The mistakes everyone makes in their first month, and how to recognize you're making them.
The vocabulary you'll see in every Facebook group, every YouTube review, and every Shave Dad release post.
Traditional Wet Shaving, men's grooming and healthcare. Everyone is welcome.
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