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[Video] Maggard Meetup 2023 Artisan Interviews

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Given the positive response to my first-ever thread on r/Wetshaving in 2019 about visiting Maggard Razors, I thought this deserved its own post.

I had a fantastic last weekend attending the Maggard Razors 2023 Meetup! Owner Brad Maggard asked a few months if I would be willing to record interview videos with artisans like u/mantic59 did years ago. We agreed to try shorter, simpler interview questions with the artisans, and I think the video turned out really well. In the future I hope to talk to more artisans, and include even more silly questions.

It was no surprise to me that all of the artisans talked about how awesome our community is. Let us not forget how nice and generous most people are around us.

Question: Who gave your favorite answer to one of the questions? I really appreciated all of Wolf Whiskers' candid replies, and Catie's Bubbles' answer about Tabac.

fuckchalzone

Nice work! Next time ask them all about Malört.


VisceralWatch

Can you imagine if I asked everyone about Tabac AND Malört last weekend?! Talk about personal bias.


pilgrim32

This is cool. Thanks for posting


partyman97_3

Couldn't make it myself, but thanks so much for posting this. I really like the responses and what they all thought of the community.


Madflava81

Awesome video!


tsrblke

Great video. And after telling myself that I don't need any more brushes I kinda want one of u/phteven_j's satellite image based brushes now...


Tetriside

[They are very cool.](https://imgur.com/1TU5frf)


tsrblke

I saw a few when looking at his site a while ago but didn't realize at the time quite what he was doing.


VisceralWatch

I’m glad you understand the technical details of what he was talking about. I sure don’t get it!


tsrblke

I think I have a grasp of it. Little unsure how's hes making some of the translations to brushes but the idea of I understand it is pretty cool. Basically a model of some terrain in a brush handle from space imagery


Phteven_j

Thanks for posting it! We had fun.


rocksalt131

Great vid and glad u had fun.


workntohard

Thanks for doing this. Was there with spouse for a couple hours, still trying to get her to try out DE shaving. Purchased one of the new zingari soups she was selling, probably try this weekend. Have been considering trying out an adjustable razor and found one on the PIF table. Futura or similar clone. Downstairs picked up some more blade sampes to try and a 100 pack of silver blues along with some travel supplies. I attended in 2019 also but had only been DE shaving since Christmas at the time. Knew far more about what I was seeing this time.


Tetriside

What flavor soups do they have?


workntohard

Lol, Navigator and Bon Monsieur


VisceralWatch

Sorry we couldn’t meet properly! Hopefully next time.


Cadinsor

I will have a watch later and determine if there is any reason to do one as well, all I have really are a bunch of “ussies” with all the vendors. I completely forgot to take any video of the event!


VisceralWatch

I forgot to go around and talk to vendors at the end of the meet, so if you have anything like that it would be appreciated by the community!


Cadinsor

I just completely forgot to do anything other than the pictures, which I will post somewhere. I spent so much time hanging out and just **enjoying myself and talking to people**, and I have to say that I had an excellent time just being another attendee!


gcgallant

Great video! The meetup looks like it was a lot of fun! I liked Chris' answer to the Tabac question. Being somewhat challenged for youth, myself, I've been tempted to hand my wife my tub of Tabac and ask if she thinks it smells like her purse. And, I replayed Heather's answer to the Favorite New Product question several times, but never got what she was saying. Then I received a promotional email from Zingari Man announcing the release of Bon Monsieur. So, yeah, 'bon' and 'monsieur' are both difficult to pronounce for those who don't speak French. I'm pretty sure the French laugh at us while sipping a café and smoking a cigarette. It's interesting that Rogue Perfumery titles some fragrances with French. I'd guess that Manuel Cross is pretty worldly even though the business is located in Idaho.


Zingariman

I’ve never taken french so I’m sure I butcher a lot of things. But I do know it smells great :)


gcgallant

I can speak French well enough to cause a French-speaking person to immediately shift to English. :) I’m certain Bon Monsieur does smell great! I have Mousse Illuminée, and that’s terrific!


VisceralWatch

Ask your wife what she thinks and report back, please! And yeah, I wouldn’t have understood what the French meant either, but I saw the tubs before we started the interview 🙂


Impressive_Donut114

The “French” guys were literally across the way.


VisceralWatch

Missed my chance to interview my French namesake in Henri et Victoria!


gcgallant

She likes Tabac. I lack the courage to ask her if it smells like her purse. She's knows the "old lady" reference.


VisceralWatch

She likes Tabac? She’s a keeper then! 😉 My GF recommends you wear Tabac out of the blue in a few weeks, and ask her what she thinks it smells like.


gcgallant

Good idea! I plan to use Tabac on Tues. the 13th. I'll ask her then. (She's oblivious to Tabac Tuesday.)


Old_Hiker

Nicely done.


VisceralWatch

No u 😘


Enndeegee

Great video.


VisceralWatch

You rock, dude! Is your herald still accurate, btw? Mine is. Even a fucking Maggard Meetup couldn’t tempt me.


Old_Hiker

> Even a fucking Maggard Meetup couldn’t tempt me. Are you shitting me? Maybe I should have gotten to you sooner in the day. Just sayin'.


VisceralWatch

I went home with nothing except a Stirling bath soap sample from u/BVsaPike and some legal weed.. I feel wrong about it now 😂


Enndeegee

That's really impressive. If I'd been there I'd have been a lot lighter in the wallet afterwards. I'm still going, but the vintage rad is sneaking up on me. Ive put a couple of low bids in on eBay and have been fortunately outbid each time. I've got a hankering for the open comb Durham duplex DE razor but hopefully one that's cheap and in good nick won't come up until next year .


VisceralWatch

Well.. let me know if you want any vintages from my collection. Happy to send it to you and you can pay me in 2024 (or never).


Enndeegee

Very kind offer! I presume you have at least one of every vintage razor out there


VisceralWatch

I have more British than American ones at this point!


GingerBredBeard

I know I'm a Rush weirdo, but Peter speaks like and has similar mannerisms as Geddy Lee. Maybe I should commission a Rush themed brush?


VisceralWatch

I bet he would love to do that!


Specialist-Quiet-833

Can I just say that is an INSANE amount of DE blades in the background. But great video hearing from some of the artisans.


VisceralWatch

I did some quick math.. I think it's over a million!


Ramjet615

Great job! I see you took them to the blade room!


VisceralWatch

The lighting in the blade room is surprisingly good!


tsrblke

Wait maggards has a blade room? Like a a whole room just for blades? I think I'm underestimating the size of the store.


VisceralWatch

It’s the overstock room 🤓


Tetriside

Nice video. Thanks for making it!


verdadkc

The opening shot showed an impressive turnout at the meet.


VisceralWatch

Thanks for mentioning that! I considered *not* capturing that video clip, as I had seen similar clips from previous meets. However I was wrong to assume that everyone had seen the upstairs shot in the past!


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Thanks, great video


mantic59

Great video! I can appreciate the work you put into it. :)