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@mashton
Yep. Single, sharp blade, used with practice equals no more skin irritation or ingrowing hair.
You will need to learn to use it (about 15 shaves until it stops feeling weird, about fifty til you can do it drunk). Also, you will cut yourself a bit, but nowhere near as badly as you are afraid of.
You will need to get over using your left hand. It's easier than it feels.
BUT, once you get it you won't regret it.
I am convinced that cartridge razors are so bad for your skin for three reasons:
A) shit quality edges
B) inability to adjust blade angle for different bits of face. This happens naturally with a straight razor since you reduce the angle of incidence for bits that are sensitive. Under the left jaw for me, but I can still hack away at my tache and sideburns.
C) Razed hairs getting trapped between the many blades in the cartridge, and subsequently being dragged over your just shaven face, irritating them further.
The last one is of particular concern if you shave long hair, as I do. Stupid long hairs, clogging the blade and fucking up my face.
With that in mind, I'm not sure I would be so pro straight razors if I shaved every day. I might, I just don't know.