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    Bald before it was cool junkinduck's Avatar
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    I went with Tonys strop the service can't be beat he will also send you a practice strop with the #1 top of the line strop. He also has the video and being new also I would not take the razor out of the box untill watching at least the section on the shave. I got my razor and brush from vintage blades. Tony recomended them to get me a shave ready (Lynn Abrams honed) Dovo Tortoise razor which I love. I have almost a week of shaves under my belt an just three nicks. knock on wood I also got a super badger brush from vintage blades. As for soap I have been wet shaving sence my teens using a DE and have found none better then Colleens soaps. So i guess I put my own kit together but I wanted certen items and don't regret any of my decisions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by junkinduck View Post
    i guess I put my own kit together but I wanted certen items and don't regret any of my decisions.
    I was thinking of doing the same thing(getting the hanging and paddle strop from Tony and the razor from somwhere else.)
    I would like to have a good razor I was thinking of these two,(http://www.classicshaving.com/catalo...013/564217.htm)
    (http://www.classicshaving.com/catalo...940/190288.htm)
    I don't know if the razor in Tony's set is just as good?
    I wonder if I could upgrade the hanging strops in the Super Set to
    the Latigo for extra or if the ones with it are good enough?
    I just wanna start out right, because I'm going to learn this art.

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    The one thing I'd recommend considering is getting an inexpensive razor from someone here in the FS forums rather than starting with a brand new one. It makes start up costs cheaper and gives you a chance to see what you like/don't like about the cheaper razor so you can make a better decision when you sink more money into a more expensive one.

    Truth be told, my first razor that I got here from JoshEarl* still gets as much use as my Dovo which cost 4x as much.

    Ant


    *Josh puts a lot of shave-ready razors in the FS forum at newbie prices and is great to buy from.

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    Bald before it was cool junkinduck's Avatar
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    NOMOREBURN,
    I have the Dovo tortoise that you are looking at. Jim at Vintage Blades has that razor shave ready honed by Lynn Abrams. Mine came from Vintage Blades an was here in three days. Nothing aginst classic shaving I looked there too but Vintage was in the east and this means faster shipping for me. I also got the vulfix 2234 brush This was a huge upgrade from my old boar.
    Don

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