Originally Posted by
lapp
I experienced my best ever shave tonight. I recently purchased myself an alum block and a bottle of Speick aftershave splash - i figured both would make a good excuse to go for a full face BBS shave.
Mission half accomplished :p
My cheeks and sideburns are as smooth as they have ever been, but my chin and jawline are still faintly sandpaper like. After multiple passes i could feel my face was starting to burn - so i finished up and tried out the alum block for the first time. WOW! what a sensation! and immediately i could feel my face beginning to calm down. I rinsed up and finished off with the Speick aftershave (which is just excellent btw). My face feels fantastic!
Also i managed to proper nick myself for the first time, catching myself right beneath my nose. Luckily, the alum quickly put and end to the blood flow. I'm about 12 shaves in, so i guess it was about time my razor tasted blood! It must have been very thirsty :)