Welcome to the best shaving forum in the world! And have fun with this new (to you) sport.

I, too, started down this road because of a minimalist train of thought: Shave with a modern cartridge razor, threw out a cart' every month, hated watching money get tossed, brainstormed from "self maintainable" to "how... did they shave before the industrial revolution?? There in lies my answer!".

But, alas! There is a learning curve, and each face is different. So I expanded my self-imposed limit of just a razor or two. But that doesn't mean I will spend a fortune to find what wet shaving accoutrement will "fit my face". Some things should never be skimped on. But that is for another discussion. My point is that I moved on to trying to restore razors that are "fixer-uppers" (eventually, I'll have one or more in good enough shape to make my money back lol). This gives me both a way to try a wider variety of razors on the cheap-er, as well as a hobby that the wife won't hassle me about like she does video games .

I'm rambling now. So I'll just say: feel free to ask questions!