I'm back to using a safety razor again too. Change the blades frequently. Every 4-6 shaves. it helps prevent ingrown hairs. They're cheap enough to where you don't have to worry about going through one every week or so.

If you're just starting off, buy a sample pack of blades so you can try out different ones. Use each blade to see if there are any that definitely don't feel good. A lot of people love Personna blades but they gave me awful razor burn in a mild razor on the mildest setting. Meanwhile Wilkinson Sword blades which are hit or miss for people, worked really well for me.

Once you've got a few blades that feel decent to you, use one type of razor exclusively for about 2 months then change it up. You'll be able to feel out the differences between each one more easily.

As a couple other people suggested, use Stirling Soap for your shaving soap. Mountain Man is a nice, not too overpowering scent. If you get aftershave directly from them on a lot of their splashes, you can actually set the menthol amount to either nothing to Macaulay Culkin levels of burn. I'd start with none or the regular amount.

It really depends on location. I've been to all different ones and they've all been of varying quality from pretty good (for gas station food) to absolute shit.