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.
Inspired by Tom Ford's Beau de Jour: lavender extract and fresh lavender over rosemary, oakmoss, mint, basil, and geranium, on a base of patchouli and amber.
Reviews, interviews, and dispatches from artisans and content creators across the wet shaving world.
Taylor of Old Bond Street has been scenting London shaves since 1854, and the modern range is bigger than most people realize. Here is the whole map: every shaving cream scent, the true soaps, the aftershave formats, and what else the house makes.
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My final four kicks off with Adopted Acres' Triple Dog Dare against Phoenix Artisan's icy Frost Byte, two mentholated heavyweights that end up dead even.
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Doug's Farmhand razor splits the difference between Henson's mild and aggressive plates, and I put it up against the Tier One, the Taisoto DUO, and the ACR1.
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Double-edge razors won the popularity war, but single edge formats never surrendered, and the people who shave with a GEM or an injector tend to be evangelical about it. Here is what actually separates the formats, blade by blade, and which face each one suits.
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Steven asked the group for a signature scent under $75. He got back Stirling dupes, an Aventus-style pick, and a vintage Aqua Velva score.
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A guy with eight soaps in rotation asked if he'd ever get through them before they went bad. Sixteen replies later, the group settled the shelf-life question for good.
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Frank at Strike Gold Shave sent me this 9/11 anniversary soap and splash, made with my buddy Jerry from Shave Dad, with every dollar going to Tunnel to Towers. Here's how the shave went.
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The dirty secret of lather bowls is that a cereal bowl works fine, and the better secret is why the purpose-built ones are still worth having. Texture, size, grip, and heat: the four things that actually matter, and which bowl, mug, or scuttle fits each kind of shaver.
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Five things make a complete wet shaving kit: razor, blades, brush, soap, and something for afterward. Everything else is upgrade material. This is the whole checklist with a budget tier and a buy-once tier for each slot, and a short list of what not to buy in month one.
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Seventh in my alphabetical rundown of favorite stainless AC razors: the Tatara Amakuni, two-piece, magnetic, and more comfortable than I expected once I found the angle.
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WTG, ATG, BBS, SOTD. Wet shaving forums read like alphabet soup until someone hands you the decoder ring. This is that decoder ring: every acronym, every term of art, and the handful of concepts behind them, in one page you can keep open in another tab.
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The honest answer is somewhere between four minutes and forty, and where you land is a choice, not a sentence. Real timings for every routine from the one-pass workday shave to the full Sunday ritual, plus the speed tricks that save time without costing skin.
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A discovery tour of the double-edge razor blades worth knowing, grouped by where they come from and what kind of shavers reach for them. Not a ranking, a map of the territory.
Each collab is a one-and-done partnership with an artisan. Each release is sold by the partner, links go directly to that retailer.
A discovery tour of the classic aftershaves worth knowing, splashes, balms, colognes, and cooling treatments, grouped by where they come from and what kind of shavers reach for them. Not a ranking, a map of the territory.
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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