Wow, memories! I had my first shave, and shaved for most of my teenage years with various 50's and 60's era Gillette safety-razors. no reason other than it's what we had around the house when I was growing up. I guess I had my first straight-razor shave, and learned how to control a straight razor, in college from a young woman who learned the skill working for her family mortuary.

I think the first time I remember using a disposable cartridge type was on a trip during my highschool years, and I started carrying them in my travel kit after that, but I stuck to the safety-razors as my 'primary' till in the mid 90's when lack of time and money, and the pace of life just made the disposable cartridge types more practical for my everyday use.

These days, its basically a Gillette Atra cartridge job on the face every morning, and Norelco electric on the head every other day.