Hi,

I'm new to this forum, and require a little bit of help with a few things. As you've probably noticed, im from the UK, and would prefer to buy all my required bits and pieces from the UK rather than having them delivered from abroad (though i am open to that if no good UK supplers exist)

I have a few questions, no doubt you've heard plenty of them before, i've been skulking around the forums/tutorial threads for a few days now without making an account, trying to get my head around things, but its fairly confusing for a young (ish) newcomer like me. So all help is appreciated.

Firstly.

https://www.theinvisibleedge.co.uk/s...ovo-razor.html

I know that most people, by the sound of it, say to stay away from starter kits, but i think its the only viable way that im going to be able to get lots of the products id need in one place, and for an alright price.

-Are the products listed there all required (obviously the osma block and hemostatic pencil are dependant on how much/how badly i cock up over the coming weeks) If not, can anyone suggest any better packages (preferably in the UK or others as a las resort)

-I read somewhere that putting pastes on a strop and then stropping can sort of tide you over in terms of honing (for a period of time at least), so presumably buying honing stones now would be a complete waste

-Does anybody in the UK also know of any companies/places to send razors off to in order to get them honed when the time comes?

-How will i know if a razor is shave ready or not (if it isnt, would it need to be honed or would the previous strop method be viable?)

Those are my only questions for now, ill edit/add more posts later if i think of more questions.

Any help and advice you could give me is greatly appreciated, but also please bare in mind that cost is a slight issue for me (wanting a reasonably good starter set, but for a cheapish price)

Many Thanks,

Tom