I love the double edged razor. It takes a bit of learning to get the technique right, but once you get it down it gives a really nice shave. It is quite easy to nick yourself though, especially if you put weight behind it, as you would for a disposable razor, so you've really got to let the weight of the razor do the work. There's no way I'll use a cartridge razor again in the near future. I'm actually very tempted to try and track down my grandfathers old straight razor, as I think that would be a pretty incredible keepsake...