Is the styptic pencil just alum? Do the pencil and the block do the same job?
I have always kept a styptic pencil in the bathroom cabinet and have rarely used it. That might change when I take delivery of my Merkur HD - I hope not, but I haven't had a DE shave for 30 years or more.
Have I picked this up wrong, or do some men routinely rub their face with an alum block as part of their post shave routine? Wouldn't that be a rather fierce and often unnecessary astringent?
I have always kept a styptic pencil in the bathroom cabinet and have rarely used it. That might change when I take delivery of my Merkur HD - I hope not, but I haven't had a DE shave for 30 years or more.
Have I picked this up wrong, or do some men routinely rub their face with an alum block as part of their post shave routine? Wouldn't that be a rather fierce and often unnecessary astringent?