Abstract: A shaving unit that includes a blade assembly, a handle assembly, and a push rod. The blade assembly includes a housing portion and two blades attached to interior walls of the housing portion. The blades being latitudinally aligned, longitudinally displaced, and having a spatial separation between the two blades. The handle assembly is attached to the housing portion of the blade assembly and includes an internal cavity. The shaving unit further includes a push rod positioned within the internal cavity of the handle assembly. The push rod includes a blunted end directly in contact with one of the two razor blades and an actuator button on an opposite end. The push rod is capable of being moved forward and backwards when actuated in either direction and when actuated in the forward direction causes the blade directly in contact with to increase the spacial separation between blades.