Originally Posted by
Pabster
Well, this may be interesting for others starting out with disposables straights. I bought 15 disposable blades to start out and I still have 5 of them after 15 months of straight shaving. I purchased a Dovo Tortoise after my 20th shave. I knew then that I was ready to spend the big money for the fixed straights and accessories.
1 month of that straight and I bought a second fixed straight. At 6 months I bought another and at 10 months a I bought another. During this time, I did buy two other disposable straights with 5 blade each and still have 4 blades left with each.
So much for saving money in the immediate short run, but my face never looked better and I no longer got the pesky pimples from using a Mach 3. This improvement alone was well worth my investement in straight shaving and this was one of my best decision for 2009.
I still work my disposables into my rotation but the fixed razors are doing 90% of the work.
Pabster