I envy those of you who can make that work since I manage to cut myself around twice a week, on average, using a "safety" razor. If I switched to anything more basic, my bathroom would look like a crime scene.
I cut myself significantly less with a single blade than I ever did with the disposables. Disposables breed laziness for "it's good for one more shave" syndrome. And you tend to get razor burn frequently. With a single blade "wet shave" you tend to take a bit more time and make shaving an art and "manly" routine. Emphasis technique and you actually feel the difference of blades and wearing. I suggest purchasing an amazon tester pack of blades, eventually you will find ones that work. You can get a decent weight Parker shaving kit with a badger hair brush for the amount of a few blade packs, but they last forever.
There are tons of videos online with technique.
Stick with it for a few weeks until your skin adjusts to the awesomeness of the shave. Invest in a good alcohol free aftershave moisturizer.
In my experience, they let you fly with one blade if it's loaded in the razor itself. They did, however, make me throw out my spares when they told me this. I've found that if I'm not checking a bag, the trip is usually short enough that I don't really need more than one blade.
