Best Shaving cream for Double Edge razor

Double-edged razors are thought to give you a closer shave than cartridge razors and, very nearly more importantly, double-edged blades cost hardly anything. For a measly $60 CAD (including shipping/handling) I could buy 200 Feather blades on e-bay which would last myself four years; for similar cost I could buy just eight Gillette Fusion cartridges which will endure me personally a few months.

I done some searching plus it appears like We'll start with a Merkur "1904" shaver, Feather blades and a badger-hair shaving brush. Merkur seems to be extremely esteemed among those who use double-edged razors, Feather blades are reported to be the sharpest blades of them all and badger-hair brushes tend to be said to raise hair a lot better than other forms of brushes.