If you are a DE shaver have you tried the Feather DE blades?
If not, IMO, you should.

The Feather-AC is one way to try open blade shaving.

Now that Feather has three slightly different blades for
the Feather-AC it may be possible to find one that
is '"just right". The Feather-AC will teach you a lot
and while it is not equal to a str8 blade it is a fine product.
You do not need to learn to strop or hone and you do
not need to purchase a strop or set of hones.

For the longest time I thought that honing and stropping
a razor to be smoother and sharper than a Feather was
nearly impossible. Well it is not impossible....

The Feather-AC does make a good open blade
razor for a traveler.

I think if I was willing to be a disposable razor guy the
DE solution would be higher on my list than a Feather-AC
YMMV