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no your technique and blade are to blame for alum sting. don't know how long you have used a straight, but it takes awhile to get good at it.. plus if you have no basis for knowing what a good edge...

That is exactly the way I do it too! I know the alum block us kinda redundant, but using the wet face from the witch hazel has provided a nice feeling after the shave, Tc

Just for info if you want to use it there is a cheap solution, not my idea, believe it was the big spendur who told us about Tolumba, they sell the stuff really cheap and the blocks I got a year ago...