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Thread: alum block question
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06-06-2015, 03:11 AM #1
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Thanked: 0alum block question
Does anyone use alum blocks? If so, what is your favorite and why?
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06-06-2015, 03:16 AM #2
I like the Osma Alum Block. Several different vendors sell them.
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06-06-2015, 03:18 AM #3
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Thanked: 0Does it leave any white chalky residue after using?
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06-06-2015, 03:19 AM #4
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Thanked: 60Have always used Osma. They are polished well, consistent, pure and never get gritty.
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06-06-2015, 03:22 AM #5
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Thanked: 0I have never used one. I have always used a styptic pen but would like to try and use one and have always read good things about Osma. I'm going to have to get one and try it.
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06-06-2015, 03:23 AM #6
Your face should be wet as well as the Alum block. Rub gently across your face and beneath your jawline. Wait a minute and rinse it off. Apply your favorite aftershave and finish it off with an aftershave balm. This will add moisture back into your skin. You just completed a great manly shave. Your Looking Good and Feeling Good.
Grip it tight and don't drop it. They shatter like glass. Don't ask me how I know this to be true
As SRP member Smyth suggested. Alum Blocks work best with cold water.Last edited by feltspanky; 06-06-2015 at 03:36 AM.
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06-06-2015, 03:25 AM #7
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Thanked: 19Alum blocks are good. I recommend with cold water on your face. Also, as an alternative I recommend a good splash of Witch Hazel as a refreshing astringent.
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06-06-2015, 03:36 AM #8
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06-06-2015, 05:27 AM #9
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Thanked: 37All of the above. I bought a Shavex block about four years ago and it's running out. I will buy a new one soon, maybe OSMA. I leave it on for some minutes, usually during my after shave stropping, and then rinse it off. I've used aftershave with alcohol after the alum and it left a powdery residue. I don't really need anything else after the alum, if its been a rough shave, maybe witchhazel.
Arise, awake, and learn by approaching the exalted ones,
for that path is sharp as a razor’s edge, impassable,
and hard to go by, say the wise. Katha Upanishad – 1.3.14
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06-06-2015, 07:21 AM #10
BuffaloBoy,
+1 on the Osma I have used them for the last six (6) years
I have never got to the end of an alum block - when wet, they are as slippery as a greased eel, and I always end up by dropping the block onto the sink, where they shatter into a zillion pieces
Have fun
Best regards
Russ