Yeah, when I was using more expensive blades I'd use them like 10 times and throw them away. I was shaving everyday though. I just let it for for like 2 weeks and shave it off now, so its probably damaging the blade more since I do like 5 passes. I use proraso shaving cream, a Merkur HD, the long one and some shit brush I bought for $15 from a shave shop. Its not even badger, its boar whiskers. The razor is like $20, I buy a pack of 100 blades for like $10, which could give you like 1000 shaves, the shaving cream is like $4 for cheap stuff. I used to go to TK maxx and buy $40 English shaving creams on sale for like $8. A tub lasts a couple months, you barely have to use any soap. You don't need an expensive brush, you can spend hundreds on a huge silver tip badger one, but you don't really need one big. Its not like your face is massive and its gonna take hours to cover it with soap if you use a small brush. You don't even need a badger one. Apparently if your face is really sensitive a bore bristle brush will irritate it and you need something softer, but if your face is getting fucked up by being wiped with animal hairs you probably shouldn't be dragging a razor across it.
