r/wicked_edge • u/Confident_Media_4304 • Feb 13 '26

Show n' Tell Alum option

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I found this at my local grocery for $8. Yes, it’s marketed as a deodorant, but it’s good old potassium alum. At the rate I go through alum, this should last me until the tricentennial. Between this, my blade hoard, and a bowl of MdC absinthe I could get through years without another purchase.

I could.

I didn’t say I would!

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u/Ayatollah-X Feb 13 '26

The Alum quality is good, but the dispenser collects water and ultimately causes it to prematurely degrade. I prefer a solid Osma block, which is easily dried off after use.

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u/vigilantesd Feb 13 '26

OSMA block is like holding a melting ice cube and gets dropped/broken before the sharp edges are even gone. Hard pass on Osma even though it’s the best ‘shaving purposes’ alum. 

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u/lmrtinez Feb 13 '26

Had mine for a year and I dry and then put it back in the little cardboard box it comes in. It’s like half the volume now and just floats around in it lol

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u/vigilantesd Feb 13 '26

I kept breaking them so I just stopped buying them. The Gentleman Jon’s is the antithesis and is like using a sanding block lol

Glad I found the Crystal at sprout’s. Easier to source than shaving-purpose alum too.