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Just had a shave. 10/10 by the way.

My alum block decided not to work.

Dry fingers, wet fingers, dry face, wet face, however I tried it wouldn't give me any grip.

I think its knackered.
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I have a block like yours and I some times wonder if its stopped working as well as it did when I first bought it over a year ago.
I swear it used to be grippier than a grippy thing in a grippy...