Thread: Whipped Dog for a beginner

We all were beginners at one time. Some beginners may have gone out & made their first razor a $300.00 one; others may have been lucky enough to have one passed down to them & spent no money at all.

Many look at their current spendable cash on hand & try to fit a razor purchase into that.

Still others want to rush to the counter to buy a razor that they already know is sub-par,,why??

3 hours max. of reading in the library on articles related to straight razor purchases would help teach a beginners how to avoid 80% of the bad, junk razors that are lying around in antique stores & ebay.
There is a section here on SRP with literally hundreds of photographs of good/great vintage razors for you to examine & enjoy; use them as a guide when out purchasing.

I can't relate to this thought process of looking for a "cheap" razor to practice honing on.
I can relate to the practice of buying quality (,,,and price has nothing to do with quality) razors & following the well established guidelines on maintaining a razors edge.

Why start yourself out on this journey with equipment that you already know, is not what you want?

Honing can be as easy or as difficult as you make it, why stack the deck against yourself from the beginning.