The Razor Pit is the absolute, outstanding, amazing shizzle. Is that recomendation enough?
I’ve had one for a couple of years, and use it before every shave (with Gilette Mach 3 blades). Using it takes 10 seconds, max – a little smear of shaving gel on the ‘pad’, rub the blade against it a few times, rinse, done. A blade now lasts, well, I can’t really remember the last time I changed it, so ages. In fact, they seem to get better the older they are. It’ll knacker any lube strip on the blade, but that doesn’t matter.
Someone will doubtless come along and tell you to get a blade of the style used by Sweeney Todd that’s been hand-forged by a Japanases sword-maker, and use it with some shaving cream that’s made from the pituatory gland of the narwhal, applied with a brush made of dodo feathers…