@Barley , welcome to the B&B community. I think your goals are attainable with a little effort, but perhaps, a huge amount of fun.
I consider myself fortunate with some shaving products. It turns out, I'm allergic to most of the ingredients used to add fragrance to shaving products. As a result, I don't have too many shaving soaps... just a handful... OK, almost two hands full (less than 10) unscented soaps that all work well for me. I can't do after shaves for the same reason, so there's another bit of cost savings.
This leaves me with razors, blades and brushes. Of those three, I'm more fascinated with razors and brushes.... I think they are the two most expensive rabbit holes I can enter... or at least, they have been for me. I've had a blast over this past two years, experimenting and finding some wonderful razors and brushes.
I consider myself fortunate with some shaving products. It turns out, I'm allergic to most of the ingredients used to add fragrance to shaving products. As a result, I don't have too many shaving soaps... just a handful... OK, almost two hands full (less than 10) unscented soaps that all work well for me. I can't do after shaves for the same reason, so there's another bit of cost savings.
This leaves me with razors, blades and brushes. Of those three, I'm more fascinated with razors and brushes.... I think they are the two most expensive rabbit holes I can enter... or at least, they have been for me. I've had a blast over this past two years, experimenting and finding some wonderful razors and brushes.