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Originally Posted by bosstones
I got a small kit from The Art of Shaving store as a gift a couple years ago. It had a small badger hair brush and tube of shaving cream. Those are in my travel kit since they are nice and small. Usually when I'm on travel, there is not much around and spare time is quite short (80+ hour weeks) so I never get around to stopping by a pharmacy (if there is one). If nothing else, it reminds me how much better of a shave the DE gives. As cheap as the Pace 3 razor & replacement cartridges are, the DE is still cheaper in the long run.
The time will come down as you go. It only takes me a few more minutes than cartridge razor shaving now. I have a shavette (straight razor style/body but uses replaceable blades)....now that takes me a while. I find it harder to adapt to than DE did.
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I also have an Art of Shaving DE kit. And yeah, the time to shave goes down significantly as you get more comfortable and the blades are dirt cheap (the blades sold at AoS are mid-low quality and very expensive though). The current blades I use for my every day shave (Astra Platinum) were $10 for 100 blades, and each one lasts about a week.
What most people don't realize is that the blade you use makes a huge difference. The Astra's have a mild edge so I can shave my whole face in a few minutes, while a super-sharp like Feather blades are so sharp that you need to take your time, but you will get the best shave of your life, assuming you don't cut yourself up.