You'll also find a benefit to your wallet if you change to a double edge shaver. I would buy the razor online, I bought one of these with a stand, quality is excellent and cut is adjustable.

Yes double edge are the standard blades .

Last time I bought a sample pack from a guy advertising on Mudah, several different brands, that was about 2 years ago, I'm still working through them. I can give you his contact, if you're interested.

Yes the adjustment is for the closeness of the shave, twist the stem.

I don't usually bother with shaving soap, I just use Tesco brand shaving foam. I bought a brush in body shop a long time ago, probably not the best, but it's OK, they may have shaving soap as well.

If you're new to using a DE razor, you may end to nick your skin at first, I did. I recommend you get an aluminium salt stick to quickly stop the bleeding, I find 'Smelly No More' works well, you can buy in a pharmacy or online.

Keep in mind that the blades and the razor itself make a big difference to the shaving experience. Try first with the readily available equipment, then consider upgrading if it goes OK.

This is an adjustable DE razor with good weight, it's a copy of an design that originated in Germany (the patent must have expired), if you look around online they are available from multiple sellers and in sets with various stands.

If you look in this thread for postings around July 2019 you will see some discussion on this type of handle. My post was deleted for some reason (I wonder why the mod didn't like it?).

This post has been edited by kk131: Oct 14 2020, 10:52 AM