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Wow lots of great feedback on this. Thanks a lot for your input. Going to buy an alum block ASAP. Probably Osma
They do slip and break to pieces. Buy a crystal deodorant stick and you won’t have the slippage problem. Both are potassium alum.I have never really used an alum block after shaving. I just use an aftershave balm or splash but have been thinking of buying an alum block to try it out.
My question is don’t these alum blocks slip from your hand because they are wet? I have seen some alum blocks like Razorock that has a plastic handle to hold it. I do use a styptic pencils for cuts.
For me, the real trick has been figuring out how to pack it into a suitcase such that it doesn't end up shattered by the time I get to my destination.
Alum is alum it doesn’t matter what brand the chemical makeup is 100 percent the same.Osma is the only way.
You will drop and shatter one at some point, but a bit like keeping your run going on Wordle, or completing the NYT crossword, make a game of how long you can go. I went an easy 5+ years, then, just like buses, broke two in a matter of months.