I use a cheap, disposable double-blade safety razor, and have for years. Less than $1 apiece and if you rinse them and dry them, they last a really long time. I think I’ve been using the same bag of them for the past decade.
I have no idea what a “shave den” is, and I don’t use a shaving soap or brush...just lather some hand soap, slop it on, and go.
I use disposable BIC razors. One package lasts me 5 years. The key is to get a fog-free mirror and shave in the shower. Those old Gillette razors where a pain in the ass to load, and they rusted.
Ditto, including the soap, except that I shave in the shower. After using a disposable razor in an emergency thirty years ago, I threw away my double edged safety razor, and never looked back.
It's like a Man Cave but has Short Hair strewn about.
Don’t know if you are aware of this but my father used to take his double edge razor blades and put them inside a glass and spin them around the insides with his fingers to sharpen them. The glass acts like a sharpening edge to put a new edge on the blades. Try it out.