Carts are expensive, yes. And it will take awhile to "save" enough to recoup the expenses I've incurred by purchasing 11 or so vintage and new razors. As shaving has become "fun", I look at it as kind of like buying a new titanium driver or a custom .45 pistol. Buying razors is not like buying gasoline for my car or dental floss.
Multi-blades clog with stubble and quickly become useless unless I bang them on the sink edge to dislodge the gunk. Doing this causes the gunk to afix itself to nearby walls. And it often results in the plastic razor breaking. Gunk simply sluices off my DE.
I got nicks and weepers with carts, but they seemed tougher to staunch than DE cuts. And the light touch needed with a chrome-plated heavy brass implement does not cause irritation the way having to drag a plastic cart into my skin does.
Shaving with plastic is a chore. Shaving with a 1967 Slim is an event.
Multi-blades clog with stubble and quickly become useless unless I bang them on the sink edge to dislodge the gunk. Doing this causes the gunk to afix itself to nearby walls. And it often results in the plastic razor breaking. Gunk simply sluices off my DE.
I got nicks and weepers with carts, but they seemed tougher to staunch than DE cuts. And the light touch needed with a chrome-plated heavy brass implement does not cause irritation the way having to drag a plastic cart into my skin does.
Shaving with plastic is a chore. Shaving with a 1967 Slim is an event.