OK so I let the cat out of the bag in the chat so I should post it here to be fair. Hopefully starting next week I will begin offering newby kits with the help of our favorite vendors. The idea of this kit will be to offer newbies the right stuff, at the right prices, and to introduce them to the joys that each of our favorite vendors that are active on the board bring to this board. It will also be a way of getting a good quality, shave ready razor that is vintage, a Tony miller strop, soap, shave stick, and aftershave from Colleen at the Gentlemans Quarter and Sue at Mama Bear and a shavemac or vulfix badger brush from Jim at Vintage Blades. I am also trying to get a good lather bowl (not from walmart) but that hasn't been finalized. That way you can get everything you need for that first perfect shave in one spot and know where to go when you want more great stuff.

I am hoping to begin offering these next week in the BST forum in groups so as not to flood the forum. I am expecting them to run around $150 shipped depending on the quality of the razor included. I will post more details as everything gets finalized and things start showing up but I did want to give a heads up since i told some people in the chat.