Originally Posted by Iwan
It was certainly a factor for me. I was horrified at the price of the new Fusion razors/blades, disappointed in the quality of the shave, and I needed to change blades after 2 shaves with Fusion or Mach3 as they were already starting to pull uncomfortably.
I went over to DE razors after finding B&B, and was overwhelmed at the improvement in shave quality over Mach3/Fusion, and the fact that you could buy 100 blades for £10.
Straights was a natural progression, and now the ongoing cost of blades is zero. Plus I'm not putting metal/plastic into landfill every week like before. :)