I use a double-edged safety razor of questionable provenance but it’s a butterfly mechanism, which appeals to my need to clean the bejeebus out of it every use. Derby blades. Got 100 of them for less than 10 USD and at the rate I use 'em, I won’t need any more for probably a good 4-5 years (year and a half on this pack so far). I forget the name of the soap, but it’s the kind you can find in big box stores. I bleed as the gods intended … on double-ply toilet paper.
While I enjoy the close shave, I mostly got into it because buying a new handle every time a store stopped stocking refills for the old ones got nearly as expensive as buying new cartridges. Basically, I felt like a chump all around. But I wasn’t prepared to use a straight razor. I had visions of missing appendages resulting from stropping.
That said, something in the general realm of double-edged or straight or what have you is certainly worth a try for anyone who has something in need of shaving. Not that expensive to try out and if you keep at it, the savings are substantial.
