Dollar Shave Club?

[Shiranu]

I get my neck shaved by a straight razor... absolutely love it. The hot massage, the thought of someone holding a blade centimeters from vital organs... it's great.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

I get my neck shaved by a straight razor... absolutely love it. The hot massage, the thought of someone holding a blade centimeters from vital organs... it's great.

There are vital organs in your neck? And it's doubtful a barber is going to cut deep enough to cut into your brain. If so you probably ought to consider a different barber.  To be fair though you didn't specify exactly how many centimeters..

[SGOS]

As a matter of fact, the Nay ships I served aboard (back then) for air contaminant reasons didn't allow spray foam for shaving. We all used brush soap and a few had straight razors. I have shaved with the straight razor I inherited from my father. Brush soap works just fine if you are patient, and brushing the soap on to your face is actually kind of pleasant. But it doesn't do much to help razor burn.

I've never used a straight razor, but I have applied the soap with a brush for so many years that I can't count now.  I got to remembering my dad saving with brush soap, and more out of nostalgia than anything else, I went out and bought a brush kit.  I liked it and just kept using it.  I like slopping the soap on my face with the brush.  A cake of that soap lasts for years and cost practically nothing, not that shaving is an expensive undertaking to begin with.

[stromboli]

I've never used a straight razor, but I have applied the soap with a brush for so many years that I can't count now.  I got to remembering my dad saving with brush soap, and more out of nostalgia than anything else, I went out and bought a brush kit.  I liked it and just kept using it.  I like slopping the soap on my face with the brush.  A cake of that soap lasts for years and cost practically nothing, not that shaving is an expensive undertaking to begin with.

Yes. Back in the day it used to be a "rite of passage" thing- maybe still is- when dad bought his son the shaving soap, brush, cup and razor. That never occurred with me because I've worn a beard for so many years I don't think in those terms.

[The Skeletal Atheist]

I just have one of these, buy the cheapest blades I can find, and use soap as lather. 2 to 3 bucks for a month of shaving, no problems.