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Original Title: TIL that in 1975, after Gillette introduced a two-blade cartridge razor, Saturday Night Live aired a fake commercial for a three-blade razor. Gillette introduced one in 1998. In 2004, a satirical article in The Onion introduced a fictional five-blade razor. A real five-blade razor came out in 2006.
Get a safety razor and a variety of blades. You might need to try a bunch of blades to find the ones you prefer but what works best for you will depend on the razor and you. You don’t have to spend tons of money on the razor but you can. I use an old (1950s or something ) Gillette I found on ebay like 15-20 years ago. See nicer new ones but mine works so I just keep using it. Anyway, razor barely matters, blades depend more on you than anything.
Edit: Just looked on ebay. Lol, vintage ones are spendy now - I think I paid a couple bucks for mine. Did see a new stainless steel basic version for under 15 bucks. I’d start with something like that and a variety of blades.
I really like my Henson Shaving razor. Had it a year, haven’t gone through more than about a 3rd of the blades. Unfortunately for USA’ians, Trump’s tariff package just made them more expensive for residents of the US of A.
I bought a Merkur heavy duty razor for $35 in 2008 and I’m still using it today.
I think I buy a 50 pack of feather blades every 4 years for <$20.