First shave: A Braun oscillating electric razor I kept using for a few years while in highschool. I wished for a closer shave soon, but th notice for the heavily-marketed Gillette cartridges really put me off. I used those with canned gel during the first years of college, but as poor college students do, I over-extended the cartridges life by far and got serious razor burn regularly.

Cue DE razors: I somehow stumped upon w_e on Reddit and got myself a Wilkinson Sword Classic, as those are readily available in drugstores in my area. Being the overly-mild razor it is (and the enclosed WS blades in the black box being generally unkind to my skin) it led me to putting far too much pressure on the razor from the start. My shaves sucked, but at least they were inexpensive. Later, I switched to a cheap drugstore brand boar brush and a Palmolive stick. From there, RAD, BAD, and SAD set in.

Now, most of my shaving paraphernalia rest in an easily-accessible box in the attic, and the bathroom cupboard houses only two sets:

1. Mühle R41, Semogue SOC Taj Mahal, Tabac soap and EdT, and
2. Edwin Jagger 3one6, Razorock 400 butterscotch, The Goodfellas Orange Empire soap and Barrister & Mann Seville aftershave. And a 400ml Pump-Spray bottle of Floid The Genuine (new formula) on the counter for everyday use.