Thread: cooling the burn

First, let's talk about burn. As far as I know, there are only a few things that cause burning and most of them have been already covered. Tighten the skin, Lower the angle of the blade to maybe 20 deg., make shorter passes, are you doing a prep, is your soap wet enough, use way less pressure, is your razor sharp enough? All of these seem to be causes that I have found to cause razor burn. I have tried the alum block and nivea, but the best product that was suggested by someone here was Corn Huskers Hand Lotion. It seems to work best for me.

When it comes to cuts and nicks. I just buck up and hit it with the styptic pencil and go with it. Doesn't happen that often anyway. I think I am on my 206th shave without a cut, so far. Knock on wood.

Good luck,

Ray