I hate to be a party pooper/voice of reason and I know you guys are just having some fun, but for the few out there that want to maybe get into straight razor shaving, I don't want to scare them away thinking this is ultra expensive.

First of all, comparing disposable and straight razor shaving is like comparing a beatup pickup truck and a Ferarri. One is meant purely to do work and does a bad job of it and the other is meant to have fun, is more than capable of doing the job and looks good doing it. Where this is a bad comparison is in the price difference, its as if a Ferarri was for free. Point is even if straight razor shaving were more expensive (and its not), you can't compare them dollars to dollars, because it would be like comparing a beatup truck and a Ferarri.

Everyone mentions and throws in lotions, soaps, brushes, pre&post creams, scuttles...... as a cost of straight razor shaving, but its not. Not only can you use all of these along side a disposable shaver, but you don't have to use them as a straight razor shaver. I've used a brush and soap to shave for years before I first used a straight and now that I shave with a straight, I've shave with a Dove bar and using my my hands to form lather and application.

All you need is one (reasonably prices, good, brand new) straight razor, strop, honing stone, and lapping plate and if you shave five times a week, after a year and half your shaving for free. If you shave three times a week, call it three years before your shaving for free........forward and back.

One straight razor, strop, honing stone, and lapping plate is all you need. After that your not a shaver your hobbiest. Some people are collectors, some people like to experiment with different products, some people like to decorate their bathrooms. So in the context of straight razor shaving if you buy more than just a straight, strop, hone, and plate your no longer paying the price to shave.