For straight razors, there is only one brand that is shave ready out of the box with a perfect edge. I fully recommend DOVO straight razors. The handle options is up to your preference but their blades are nicely weighted.

Hi guys.

I'm so happy to know that there are quite a number of wet shavers in Malaysia.
I've been wet shaving for the last 22 years. But all this while I was using really bad safety razors. Never really knew how much difference a good razor makes. Then after much research, I decided to get the Edwin Jagger DE89. Holy cow! What a razor!! No razor burns, nicks etc. I use Gillette Wilkinson Sword as well as Astra blades.
The Gillette Wilkinson Swords are superb.
Anyways, any idea where I can get hold of Arko soaps? I heard some good things about them.

This is ancient piece of technology

Just bought some cheap gillette plastic safety razor to try for fun and I accidentally cut my finger trying to put the blade in. Great. Is there any dull part of the blade I should be holding instead?

I've been shaving with cartridges for years and only realized the con when I splurged on the latest Gillette Fusion proglide or whatever its called and felt thoroughly cheated. The first shave felt really raw, and although no cuts but the razor burn was horrible.

So been doing some reading and went through this helpful thread as well and decided to get into the game. Just got this in the post, can't wait to try it tomorrow morning.. just hope I dont cut myself into ribbons.

You should try straight razors and shavettes. I have been using shavettes for almost 2 years now. Previously I was also using safety razors.

Shavettes give you an ultra close shave. Highly recommended.

Just received this earlier this week. Ming Shi with stand from Aliexpress that I bought on 11.11 for USD9.87.
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Read up on a few different ways to use an adjustable, in the end I'm just sticking to the mildest setting. It takes a lot more passes, but I can get a smooth shave with no skin irritation at all. Zero.

The end result is almost as smooth as my shavette, close enough that probably only I can tell the difference.

Will use it on those mornings when I'm too brain-dead to operate my shavette properly. 

Maybe it's made of copper and it started rusting.

Congratulations, you have a patinated razor now lol.

You never know the magic of China... They can sell expensive things at insanely low prices. Who knows, they might have mixed a little bit of copper into their zamak?

Looks like there's some brown rust too?

Aren't you worried the rust will get into your bloodstream if you cut yourself?

Where to buy GSB?

Is it the same as Gillette Platinum sold by Charmwise?