Originally Posted by
DustinW
as someone else that is only a couple months into it myself I can not urge you enough to buy a cheap "practice" strop first. You will be stropping after your first shave and you absolutely without a doubt will nick it... more than once more than likely. Heck I nicked mine again last night after a couple months of use. I am getting close to the point that I will likely buy a nicer one but not until I am sure I can use it without nicking it.
Hopefully that sale on the shavemac brushes sticks around for a bit though... Those prices are awesome.