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Thanks. I am quite meticulous with prep and I have tried to keep consistent between razors, but I am mindful of the points you make.

It's a real surprise that carbon steels differ - I thought carbon steel was carbon steel. It makes sense that each contain different elements.

I think you must be right. The Swedish Steel razor was honed by a very renowned honemeister, so for that razor at least the edge shouldn't be a problem. It seems the problem is worse with certain...

So I tried this.

Spine of the razor back and forth on my neck.
No water: nothing.
Wet neck and back of razor: Thiers Issard - slight irritation. Swedish steel custom: it came up bright red.
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Thanks for the Avatar comment.

Rotation helps a little. If I rotate too frequently it actually causes problems. For instance at the moment I alternate between two shampoos. A month ago, the one I...

I will look for goat's milk soap. Thanks for the tip.

That's what confused me from what I read.

Thank you - I will try this. I am always looking for new products to fall back on.

Genius - thank you! I will try this.

Interesting point about the honing - I will bear that in mind. It happens with razors from different sources, bought shave ready so I had discounted that but back in the day the razors I used had...

I shaved for a couple of decades with a straight razor at weekends, gave up and I am coming back to it now, fifteen years on.

In the meantime I have had some skin problems generally. It seems to...