Yeah this process actually started with me needing new blades for my Gillette Sensor Excel, deciding to go back to the Sensor, verifying this was entirely doable, then getting pissed off at the marketing in general, and finally deciding to go for the straight razor.

When I went to a barber shop with my Pop-pop (paternal grandfather) as a kid they would shape my hair with a razor.

I use scissors for my beard.