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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Sorry, Little Water Weasel

  • Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
  • Razor: Weck Sextoblade Med Prep
  • Blade: Kismet Rostfrei, Polymer beschichtet
  • Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz — Tabac Original
  • Aftershave: Noble Otter — Orbit
  • Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz — Tabac Original

There are no winners in today's March Madness match-up. The underdog is the face- and heartless corporate giant and the artisan family shop the favourite, one makes the most used soap of the last year, the other one consistently brings new scents to our hobby.

Both have their own soft spot in my heart. Thé Noir et Vanille was one of my first love-at-first-sniff software in the hobby, and I also hold Orbit and Barrbarr in high regard. The Glorious Old Man Stank® emanating from my Stank Tank® every Tuesday has become a fixture in my wetshaving journey and gets me consistent compliments from the missus.

Will the faceless Mäurer and Wirtz corporation drown the poor cute water weasel or will the clever cute carnivore get its pound of tallow? My gut tells me nothing.

Either way, I'm casting my vote for the corporate underdog and may the wetshaving gods forgive me for what I'm doing to the artisan overlord. I'm confused, I feel dirty, but damn do I smell good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm not mad, just disappointed. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Yes, me too, that Orbit Otter made some regrettable life choices

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'm not disappointed, just sad 😢

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I’m counting on the clever cute carnivore and will, once again, stick to my underdog strategy for this round. Plus, I get to bask in Stank glory for a day!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, that Otter seems to be completely dominating today 😅

I'm not following the underdog strategy myself, but I thought many would and bet that way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's something to be said for face- and heartless greedy corporations who keep wetshaving a thing. M&W managed to reformulate the shaving soap in a way that proserved its quality, not like some others (looking at you, L'Occitane).

And I guess that the King C. Gillette DE razor - which is available in some supermarkets and cosmetics chains - gave this type of razor more mainstream exposure than everything else combined.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, those are two really good points. Since you made it on the Fediverse, I'm of course reminded of a similar discussion with respect to meta's threads federating. With a fell swoop they would bring more people to the Fediverse that Mastodon, calckey, lemmy, kbin, pixlfed and all the other services combined.

I really don't know how to feel about this phenomenon.