Thread: Buy a kit or purchase individually?

Originally Posted by Wirm

Check out the classified section on this site. A older vintage but restored razor is in my opinion your best value. And fine used strops are often available also. Old is quite often better than new.

this is a great way to go if you know what your looking for and what you want. i bought a cheap kit it had a str8 razor, strop, and brush, i ended up buying another razor and use a brush i had already as well as i'm currently looking for a new strop. so if you buy a kit make sure that it is a good kit.
if you buy individually and have the money to do so when you get a strop buy a replacement piece of leather for your strop because if like me your new to stropping you will and i mean you WILL nick and cut you first strop.
I'd recommend a 3" strop.
if you want a good kit SRD has some great deals for razor and strop kits. Like LexTac said you can buy boar brushes for $10 or $20 dollars.
Best thing you can do is decide what you want and go from there.

If I was looking for a kit I would look to someone like SRD where all items are good quality and you can upgrade utitems as you wish. They also sell from just the razor and strop to full kits

Originally Posted by eddy79

If I was looking for a kit I would look to someone like SRD where all items are good quality and you can upgrade utitems as you wish. They also sell from just the razor and strop to full kits

That's what I did and couldn't be happier... love my Ralf Aust and Lynn does a great job on the honing

You can buy a kit and then you'll be using a bunch of different stuff within two months!

Put together your own kit and you'll be using a bunch of different stuff within two months.