Thread: cooling the burn

try alcohol free thayer's witch hazel. comes in rose, lavender or lemon.

Try some Ogallala Bay Rum.


I mean DON'T try it.
You never felt burn until you tried that stuff.

First, let's talk about burn. As far as I know, there are only a few things that cause burning and most of them have been already covered. Tighten the skin, Lower the angle of the blade to maybe 20 deg., make shorter passes, are you doing a prep, is your soap wet enough, use way less pressure, is your razor sharp enough? All of these seem to be causes that I have found to cause razor burn. I have tried the alum block and nivea, but the best product that was suggested by someone here was Corn Huskers Hand Lotion. It seems to work best for me.

When it comes to cuts and nicks. I just buck up and hit it with the styptic pencil and go with it. Doesn't happen that often anyway. I think I am on my 206th shave without a cut, so far. Knock on wood.

Good luck,

Ray

I get a little on the neck on the outer part of the shave area. I have been using a mixture of AS, Witch Hazel and a few drops of shave secret from Wal Mart. Works great. The Shave secret is an oil mix with menthol. Very soothing.

Figure out what's causing the burn. Your face should be accustomed to a straight razor shave by now unless you have very sensitive skin. Things to check into: the razor's edge ... what are you honing/stropping with? the lather soap is a possibility as some dry out the skin; are you using a pre-oil? They can help.

I have tried the alum block and nivea, but the best product that was suggested by someone here was Corn Huskers Hand Lotion. It seems to work best for me.

I tried Corn Huskers lotion for a while as a pre-shave/during shower and found that it seems to over soften my skin and make it more sensitive to razor burn.

Originally Posted by Howard

Things to check into: the razor's edge ... what are you honing/stropping with? the lather soap is a possibility as some dry out the skin; are you using a pre-oil? They can help.

I just bought one of the $12 pocket telescopes sold by Radio Shake and used it to inspect the edge of my daily shaver before my first honing session and found that it had a slight wave and the edge at 100X looked like a miniature hack saw. After bread knifing the end of my hone (Chinese 12K) and many, many passes I was able to straighten the edge and sharpen it considerably. This resulted in my closest shave yet with the least number of strokes over my whisker area of my face. Less irritation and less rash. It is amazing how much irritation can come from microscopic serrations.