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Been. Had the shave. Was fantastic. It's the male equivalent of a day at the spa I'd say. It's still a real barber shop downstairs aswell. Proper old school.
As for home shaving. I use a Gilette Fusion that I got cheap when I was in California (once my 32 America priced blades ran out thought it became expensive). I'd say there's no difference between that and the classic Mach 3.
I bought a straight razor and I've attempted to use it a few times but it's really not got a great edge on it. I bought a piece of Coticule (barbers choice for sharpening) but I've decided that it's not sharp enough for the fine tuning of a Coticule and I need to give it a proper sharpen to start it off. I'm not willing to buy all the gear for £40-£60 so I'll eventually look around to find a place that will sharpen it for me.
Safety razors sound like a good idea. I'll give that a shot at some point also.
Brush wise it has to be badger. I've got a Crabtree & Evelyn brush which is great. I had a boar hair brush from the body shop which was terrible. Spend at least about £25 on a good quality badger hair brush and make sure you store it handle up / hair down. If not it'll go bad quicker.