I just got an Edwin Jagger DE89 for my birthday with a full compliment of various blades, a badger hair brush soap cup, etc. I have been watching the geofatboy videos on YouTube and they are very informative. I have got to say, double edge blades run about $0.10/ea on Amazon and that's pretty appealing to me.

For guys that use a DE razor, do you use an Alum block after?