Welcome to the dark side kevo. Two fingers to the corporate razor machine!Just ordered an Edwin Jagger DE89, seems like a decent place to start for a novice. Weirdly excited to try it!
I have one of these, and must have paid for it many times over through the cheapness of new blades.
https://www.traditionalshaving.co.u...afety-Razor-Brushed-Chrome-4045284011782.html
If you do a search on "fmttm double edge shaving" then it'll take you to a thread on the old board which should help.