Itching 12 Hours After A Shave
So, I get a 12K and some CrO about 4 weeks ago to serve as an addition to my normal 1K/4K/8K progression. I have been using the 1K/4K/8K progression for some time and have been getting great shaves, but I wanted to see if I could get better. I strop up the razor after the CrO and after a shower, and normal prep I proceed with my shave. Everything goes well, I shave closer than I have in months on the WTG/XTG passes that I make, and am very happy. Around 5:00pm I start to get some itching around the jawline and the chin area.
The next morning I shave with the same razor as it shaved nicely the day before (I normally do a WTG and a XTG pass and touch up where needed). The itching was still there a little bit from the day before. After the shave the itching went away, and around 5pm agin the itching came back again. Keep in mind I have been shaving for awhile with a straight razor, have not changed my soap/AS/prep that previous to this has not given me any trouble. The only change to this point is the 12K CrO progression that I have now added in to the honing progression.
I start the third day and the itching is really bad (I would have not shaved but being in the Marine Corps I have to shave everyday in order to go to work). I think at this point that it is cutting so close that the hair growing out is what is causing the itching. I also think that maybe it is possibly overhoned. I switch to another razor the next day that I have had no problems with in the past, and is in my progression. This one has not been put on the 12K or the CrO. To be gentle on my face I do a WTG pass and leave it at that. A couple of days goes by and everything is fine. I pull out the first razor and again have the same problem as I had before. I lay off the first razor for a couple of days and stick to the second one, and everything smooths out again.
At this point I take the first razor and put it back on the stones and bypass the 12K and just do 20 passes with the CrO. It saves well, and I don't have the itching like I have had in the past with the 12K in the progression. It also doesn't seem as sharp as it was before and takes more time/passes to get a BBS shave.
Now I have been shaving with both of the razors that have come off the 8K then hit on the CrO for a week and have not had any problems.
I got a Dovo 6/8 special razor from SRD (nice razor BTW) because I wanted a new toy, they were on sale, and I wanted something honed by Lynn. I break it out the day after I got it for my morning save. I do the same routine that I do every day (shower, create later in my dirty bird scuttle with the same soap that I have been using, wet face, soap up, bla bla bla) and then shave with the razor. It cuts nice, feels really sharp on the face, and I am happy. I end up having the same problem that I had with the first razor that I put to the 12K and the CrO. At around 5 pm I get this terrible itching. For the last couple of days I have not used that razror and have stuck to a WTG pass only with my other razors and the itching has gone.
Now that I have expalined all of this in a very lengthy post, has any one else had this problem? Any solutions/recommendations on what it may or may not be?
Thanks in advance for your help.