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    Today's shave left me ceeling a little harsh for a while afterwards. I got some goodies in the mail and tried three new things this morning. Thing 1 was a new strop. I went from the whipped dog poor man's strop to the SRD natural with the poly webbing. Thing two was an alum bloc. Usually just a cold and then aftershave or balm. Today was cold rinse then alum then aftershave. Thing three was a new aftershave. I was using the chiseled face midnight stag and today tried the Fine American blend.
    What I believe has happened was that the new strop got a much better edge than I am acustomed too and my angle was not as good as I thought during the shave.
    Any thoughts, opinions, experiences, or theories are welcomed.

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    It could also be under stropping or poor stropping with the new strop. It could also be the lack of balm, which is a necessity for my face.
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    Did you rinse after the alum block? I get irritation if I apply alum and do not rinse a minute or two later.

    Most likely answer is a bad angle however. Keep the spine close to your skin and shave are smooth. Hang it out there a bit and your scraping your face instead of shaving beard.
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    The strop was a tremendous help I am sure, along with the angle of the razor. When you are trying to find out what works best for you regarding prep I would only change one thing at a time until you find a set up that suits your face
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    could also be too much pressure, remember just enough to scrape off the lather.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JTmke View Post
    Did you rinse after the alum block? I get irritation if I apply alum and do not rinse a minute or two later.

    Most likely answer is a bad angle however. Keep the spine close to your skin and shave are smooth. Hang it out there a bit and your scraping your face instead of shaving beard.
    The secod cold water rinse seems to be the ticket!

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