What other ingredients are in it? You may have a mild allergy to on of the
other additives.

I've found so far that the problem was two fold: technique, and ingredients.

With a much lighter touch, I've been fine, that is when the blade has been
fresh. Though I've noticed that I can't really get more than 3 good shaves,
and the fourth shave I tend to nick the heck out of my chin-line and cheeks
around my mouth. Though that could just be my razor not being quite so
sharp anymore.

I've ordered a real razor and strop, and looking forward to getting into the
real thing!

Thanks!
-Jake

On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Lay Zlo <lay_zlo@...> wrote:

> i just got some caswell massey almond preshave oil, soap, and shave balm.
> when i use the oil and balm i get stinging but not like an alcohol sting but
> an irritating sting but it goes away... anybody have any problem with
> these products?
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> From: C Watson <docwatsn@...>
> Subject: Re: [Straight Razor Place] skin irritation, likely causes?
> To: straightrazorplace@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 1:32 PM
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> > Is this after shave "balm" we're referring to here?
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> > If so, I think this is good advice. Alcohol free balms are much less
> irritating than traditional alcohol-based after shave lotions, at least in
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> its an indication that my razor is not sharp enough. My next step is
> to do some additional stropping on my next shave. If that doesn't
> help than before the next shave, it's a pasted strop. That usually
> corrects the issue. I can usually go about a couple months before
> going to the pasted strop, and about a year before going to a stone.
> This is with me rotating between two razors. Of those two razors I
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> Don't try to re shave an already irritated face. Give it a day or two
> to recover before trying something different.
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> The above is assuming that I had done proper beard prep. If I cut
> corners and tried to speed things along, I blame the beard prep before
> blaming the sharpness of the blade.
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