Years ago, I bought a Bic to compare to my “metro-sexualized with all this extreme close-cutting, lubrication, pivoting” Gillette. It wasn’t even close. There’s a reason I spend all that extra money on the Gillette products and it’s not because I have piles of loose cash.
yeah, yeah.....
I bought a $25 metal DE razor and buy 100 blades for $8 from Amazon. Unfortunately, the metro-sexuals then claim you need to use a brush made with hairs pulled from the scrotum of a badger, use pre-shave oil, spend 30 minutes prepping your face, etc, etc - ANYTHING to spend as much time and money on themselves as possible. But I use Ivory soap and/or Gillette Foamy. Done in 5 minutes. Works fine.