Thread: Looking to buy my first Straight Razor!

Originally Posted by Utopian

A few alternatives:

Baum.Be is cheaper at Straight Razor Designs than at Amazon.

Illinois strops or the SRD starter strop are nicer options. They cost a little more but also are less likely to make you want to upgrade.

Balsa strops create fairly harsh edges and you easily can make your own pasted strop with the inside of a cereal box and an SRD CroOx crayon.

1 teeny correction - I think the SRD Crayons are no more. Those were Mastro Livi CrOx crayons if you want to get the same thing but the shipping is out of this world. $30 shipping to get a $12 crayon.

On the bright side, the SRD CrOx spray is quite good. And will probably work in the same fashion, you just have to wait overnight for it to set up before stropping on it.

Edit:

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

They sell that at our Wal Mart by the way. Might be worth a look to see if you can find something similar local. Might at least save you a little time waiting on shipping.