Nope i've spent a fortune but it's what i adore.Gone from hating shaving to looking forward to every shave.The shaving community on here ain't too bad either at times.
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Is it possible? Yes! Is it an option? Absolutely! Have I? Heck no 
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I was going to try to convince you to get a Leaf Thorn, which takes a half DE blade, some time ago. But, I thought you were just experimenting with blades and soaps. It's a LOT cheaper than an ATT, but yeah the Artist Club blades...
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I have thought about leaf. I recommended it to roommate who still uses fusion.
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The Thorn is a more aggressive, though not really, variant of the Twig. You would only want to use it on your legs, wink. At least until you get comfortable. Since you already have a mild razor. And it takes half blades since you are throwing them out prematurely, it would give you twice as many shaves.
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Very true. Double use.
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You really can't throw Artist Club blades out after one use, that would be beyond ridiculous. You would have to try it and see how it goes. You could have a rotation, I do, where you use the AC razor 3 times per week and then toss the blade. They have two distinctly different blades for light hair. The rigidity makes up for them not being as sharp.
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The artist club blades go in the X1 razor? Does that razor fit in the stand? I like the leaf Thorn, but no stand.
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It does! So hmmm buy single edge? Have to get stand for Feather first. Mid December it will be back in stock. I will.start saving cause that is likely to be the next razor purchase
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As far as I know, all the ATT razors use the same handle. So it would, I can check. Thorn has stand.
Edit: where did you find the stand? I was actually in favor of you just getting the ATT stand, then you can use it later when you eventually get an ATT and only keep one razor out at a time.
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It does? I will.go back to that site.
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I used to save a ton. I had a Gillette adjustable and one brush, and I used soaps from the grocery store. Since joining Badger & Blade, I have replaced my razor with an Above the Tie Windsor, picked up a second brush (Kent BKB4 to go with the BK4), and discovered Martin de Candre (Fougere and Agrumes but plan to go to only Fougere in a year or so when I finish the Agrumes). Now I can return to saving money, using a Gillette Silver Blue 2-4 weeks. Oh, and my aftershave is 4711 cologne. I buy it in giant 800ml bottles for about $40. A bottle lasts well over a year. I also still have 3/4 of a bottle of St. John's lime. It was a fun splurge.
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column on the right for optional add ons. Also black Friday sale
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I am so tempted to buy, but for now I will.save. how else will.i use up these.blades and soaps?
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Easy, get the Thorn on Friday for the cost of the Feather stand alone and snap your blades in half. I wouldn't start with the Nacet though...
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I did a fair bit of shopping over the last couple of years, which has put me well in front in terms of consumables. That said, I'm still spending way less than I would with cartridges.
I mostly use one razor, an Edwin Jagger DE3D14. That cost me maybe £35 sometime around 2012 at a guess. In that time, I have had to replace the top cap at a cost of £7.50. That razor does over 200 shaves per year.
(35 +7.5) ÷ (200×9) = £0.02 per shave
I bounce around a bit with soaps, but get about 4 shaves per gram with hard soaps, dropping to 2 or 3 shaves per gram with tub soaps. Even if a 140g soap costs me £18, the chances are, it is still costing me less than £0.05 per shave, and many soaps will cost me less than a penny a shave.
Most blades which cost under a tenner per hundred give me 10-14 shaves (my current blade just did it's 22nd, and is still shaving), so they are under a penny a shave, as are synthetic brushes for the most part. For post shave, if I use any, I buy cheap stuff from local shops. I don't use them every shave though.
I have completely lost track of how much cartridges cost these days, but if they lasted me three shaves, I had done well. In comparison, most traditional double edged shaves cost me less than five pence, and even a lavish shave costs less than ten pence. I have been saving money with double edged razors for 30 years.
I mostly use one razor, an Edwin Jagger DE3D14. That cost me maybe £35 sometime around 2012 at a guess. In that time, I have had to replace the top cap at a cost of £7.50. That razor does over 200 shaves per year.
(35 +7.5) ÷ (200×9) = £0.02 per shave
I bounce around a bit with soaps, but get about 4 shaves per gram with hard soaps, dropping to 2 or 3 shaves per gram with tub soaps. Even if a 140g soap costs me £18, the chances are, it is still costing me less than £0.05 per shave, and many soaps will cost me less than a penny a shave.
Most blades which cost under a tenner per hundred give me 10-14 shaves (my current blade just did it's 22nd, and is still shaving), so they are under a penny a shave, as are synthetic brushes for the most part. For post shave, if I use any, I buy cheap stuff from local shops. I don't use them every shave though.
I have completely lost track of how much cartridges cost these days, but if they lasted me three shaves, I had done well. In comparison, most traditional double edged shaves cost me less than five pence, and even a lavish shave costs less than ten pence. I have been saving money with double edged razors for 30 years.
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Mach 3 coat 41 for 20 cartridges. If I went past two shaves I got bad break outs. I would even break out a little on the second. That's $2 a shave and the best deal in cartridges imho. Outside some mail order club
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No, if I had have stayed with my Schick Ultrex and one brush and my canned Nivea Gel I would have saved thousands of dollars. Now I have something like 12 Creams, 25 Soaps, probably 700 razor blades and over 300 De and SE razors and 30 odd brushes.
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