Like a drug dealer giving out free samples, Gillette has been getting men hooked on Fusion razors by handing out free Fusion razors. You go along and you think, mm, this is a pretty good shave, and eventually you need to buy replacement cartridges, and it turns out they cost $40! Reader Jim got sick of spending $250 a year on cartridges for a shave that wasn't stellar so he decided to kick it like a grandpa and switch to old-school double-edged safety razors. Jim says the blades on these just cost pennies a piece and the shave is cleaner and closer. Here's how he made the switch:
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Use a Mach 3 and use each cartridge about 6 weeks. They work about the same long after the blue line disappears, that's just to trick you into buying new. You can also run backwards on coarse arm hair or denim to "resharpen" the blades. (actually just deburrs the cheap steel they use, but same thing)
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