Thread: Found this new alum

It's very cool.I ordered it too.I worked my way down the list of vendors and found West Coast Shaving offered the cheapest shipping for me in N.Y. at $2.85 for first class. I can't see buying something for $6 and paying $8.50 to have it shipped to me.

Originally Posted by aroliver59

It's very cool.I ordered it too.I worked my way down the list of vendors and found West Coast Shaving offered the cheapest shipping for me in N.Y. at $2.85 for first class. I can't see buying something for $6 and paying $8.50 to have it shipped to me.

+1

This is exactly what I did too.

If you want the cheapest Potassium Alum you can order from Tolumba which is a turkish site in NYC. You can order enough alum blocks to last you the rest of your life for maybe $20 or so including shipping.

Originally Posted by Fbones24

I have never used alum, however, after seeing this post and the cool rozorock website, I went ahead and purchased it. The selling point was that it could be used for blemishes and as a deodorant! Now I have more space in my bathroom for soaps, creams, preshaves, asb's, etc.

....and the price was certainly right at only $5.99.

I have used it to clear up skin also...it dries out zits good

Originally Posted by ben.mid

There are a few types of alum.

Ammonium alum is commonly used for deodorants & I wouldn't recommend using it on your face. Have a look. Despite the name, it does look like a deodorant, so this may be the case.

If, however, it's Potassium alum, great find!

EDIT. Googled it. Potassium alum. Nice find.

the website has a video of it for face shaving

Other use for the alum block is to get the fingers wet with water and rub them on the alum block and then use those fingers to stretch your skin, try it and let us know what you think!!

There is a very funny comedy episode from the 30s as I recall the 3 stooges where they are cooking and put alum in instead of something else and eat the stuff and their expressions are priceless.

Thanks for reminding me guys! I got a free sample of Razorocks from Rasage Poulin, but it got lost amidst other products in my shave den. I'm an alum newb, so I'll have to give it a try

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

There is a very funny comedy episode from the 30s as I recall the 3 stooges where they are cooking and put alum in instead of something else and eat the stuff and their expressions are priceless.

funny you should mention....I just bought 5 dvds off of eBay which contain all 195 Three stooges shorts that aired on tv.

Originally Posted by nessmuck

Other use for the alum block is to get the fingers wet with water and rub them on the alum block and then use those fingers to stretch your skin, try it and let us know what you think!!

Tried this and it works like a charm! Thanks for that cool tip.

I have been using the Razorock alum after every shave for the past week and I cannot say that I notice much of a difference. I'm not really sure what I expected, so take that with a grain. I will say that after applying the razorock alum and following it up with aftershave, there is much less burn. The razorock does come in a neat little self storing container which is very cool. It is smaller than I expected too which is another plus.

But another big +1 on the skin stretching enhancement.