Thread: Looking to buy my first Straight Razor!

Thank you everyone for the advice, I think I will go with buying a vintage blade form the classifieds, up my budget, and buy everything separate. I really appreciate the advice from everyone. I had heard that these communities are super helpful and they were right. I will share where my straight razor adventures take me.

Thanks again.

Originally Posted by Nicolas0103

Thank you everyone for the advice, I think I will go with buying a vintage blade form the classifieds, up my budget, and buy everything separate. I really appreciate the advice from everyone. I had heard that these communities are super helpful and they were right. I will share where my straight razor adventures take me.

Thanks again.

Looking forward to seeing what you get. Have fun!

Greetings Nicolas & Welcome to SRP.
I just joined here recently and all the fellas have been very helpful with advice. I did a lot of research too before buying a razor and the first thing I learned was stay away from the gold dollar razors! I did see a bunch of people talking about Larry at Whipped Dog Razors and checked his site out. I bought a "site un-seen razor" from him for $43 and he sent me an old shave ready Union Razor Cutlery Co razor which I absolutely enjoy shaving with. I also bought a cheap Van Der Hagen brush, soap, mug and stand for $20 on amazon. Throw the soap in the garbage!!! and keep everything else. Spend $23.99 on amazon for "Baume be" shaving soap it is amazing and lasts a long time. By then you will have the "itch" and will be looking to buy something nice from one of the guys on this site, which I just did last week. Good Luck and have fun!!!

Originally Posted by DupreesDiamond

Greetings Nicolas & Welcome to SRP.
I just joined here recently and all the fellas have been very helpful with advice. I did a lot of research too before buying a razor and the first thing I learned was stay away from the gold dollar razors! I did see a bunch of people talking about Larry at Whipped Dog Razors and checked his site out. I bought a "site un-seen razor" from him for $43 and he sent me an old shave ready Union Razor Cutlery Co razor which I absolutely enjoy shaving with. I also bought a cheap Van Der Hagen brush, soap, mug and stand for $20 on amazon. Throw the soap in the garbage!!! and keep everything else. Spend $23.99 on amazon for "Baume be" shaving soap it is amazing and lasts a long time. By then you will have the "itch" and will be looking to buy something nice from one of the guys on this site, which I just did last week. Good Luck and have fun!!!

How is the Van Der Hagen set? is it a good place to start out? This is the one I found on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Van-Hagen-Men...agen+shave+set

Originally Posted by Nicolas0103

How is the Van Der Hagen set? is it a good place to start out? This is the one I found on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Van-Hagen-Men...agen+shave+set

That is not a bad starter set for the price. I have a VDH Badger brush which I like quite a bit (after I glued the knot back in). The soap is OK, not great but just fine for starting out and you need a mug anyway. I'd say, go for it.

Thank you Braz