Switching to double-edge razors can give you a great shaving experience while also being budget friendly

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I bought the cheapest everything I could find. $6 shaver, $9 brush, $10 100 pack blades, and a bulk supply of shaving soap from a brand that doesn't seem to sell the bulk supply anymore (and apparently fucktupled their soap prices so fuck them). I only just ran out of the soap... 8 years later.

I'm only half out of blades, the brush is still fine, the shaver is still fine. There is literally no need whatsoever to go with anything but the cheap ones. They'll definitely last.

Probably what would be even cheaper is if they still sold shaving powder. It's just soap you mix with water, but since it's more condensed and easier to produce it's theoretically far cheaper than any shaving soap "bars" you can find.

My only real concern here is that as more people realize they can save money doing this, these producers will re-expand their markets to produce more "luxury" and other bullshit the stores are pushing, just to drive the prices right the fuck back up at a higher profit margin.

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As far as I can tell you can use regular soap as shave soap. There's things that I'm sure make better soaps for shaving, but it's essentially still soap. Although you may be interested in Arko. Arko soap is polarizing. It's really cheap and does a good job, but people complain it smells like a urinal puck and even I'll admit it can burn if you keep it on too long.

There's too many markets where people can't afford carts, it's why you see razor blades made in places like India and Russia. I think those markets will keep demand for low priced options available to everyone. And there's always the secondary market. Gillette made their razors too good, they're still working 70+ years later and there were millions of them made. The NEW is perhaps the greatest razor ever made.