Another great starter handle is the Dr. Harris although Muerker makes some pretty nice stuff too. As Leon noted, I prefer Feather blades as I find them to cut the best for me. usually you can find a deal where they send out a bunch of different brands to test out.
Even though they are a single blade, they last a lot longer than the multibladed units, by far. One Mach10 razor would last me maybe 4 shaves before being completely destroyed, these last me a good week and a half-two weeks of comfortable shaving.
Mitchell's wool fat shaving cream is my go to. Amazing stuff
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