Anyone besides me here using a straight razor?
I'll admit, it's not a faster shave, but I enjoy those 20 minutes: the hot towel, the strop, the badger brush, the hot oil, lathering up, and shaving twice - it's a nice ritual and I get a great shave. A good blade is expensive, but lasts forever - my everyday blade is my grandfather's Krusius Brothers that he probably bought for $3 in NYC in the 1930s and that I had sharpened for ~ $50 two years ago.
Good shaving soap costs more than a can of Barbasol, but lasts a loooooooong time. I like Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap, $14.83 at Amazon, lasts me about a year.