New and borderline discouraged

hi im loving this forum. ok so for xmas i ordered a straight razor off amazon, after watching gangs of new york and sweeney todd. sweeney todds blades fresh on my mind thought that would be cool. while awaiting delivery i put google to work researching the art of shaving. by the time my blade arrive i knew that it wasn't going ever going to be shave ready(didn't care just having a blade to play with was enough), i went to walmart and got a mug/brush/soap set, and i found out the point of the strop and made one from some leather i had laying around for education. so my knife arrives and i was ready to shave. since then Ive obviously nicked myself not that i minded(gangs of new york 'the blood stays on the blade'). ive shaved maybe 5 or 6 times since then. i have have learned all i can from this blade without becoming discouraged in straight razor shaving.

so my problem is this. im so broke it hurts. so its going to be a good while be for i can actually afford anything decent. I really want to enjoy this, i think its a bit of a life changing hobby and economic. i really want to just go shave right now, but i know it would be a waste of time. I don't want to lose interest so is there anybody that could possibly direct me to a truly cheeeaaap razor that is shave ready?
thanks any input is welcome

well depends how cheap that is
Straight Razors - Straight Razor Place Classifieds
remember if its shave ready it says so in the add

The classifieds here @ SRP are your best bet, everyone here has a reputation to protect.

yeah the best price i see at the moment is here for 35 but i dont really think that will be there by the time i have money. so how often do cheap razors come thru here? i like the gold dollars at ruprazor but a little out of my price range for the moment lol.

I see cheap ones pop up from time to time(under $45). The Gold dollar would probably be your best bet. I got one from Ken about 6 months ago. Ive only had to strop it on the pasted side of one of his strops either once or twice.

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yeah the best price i see at the moment is here for 35 but i dont really think that will be there by the time i have money. so how often do cheap razors come thru here? i like the gold dollars at ruprazor but a little out of my price range for the moment lol.

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The inventory changes daily, save the cash, find what you want and make the purchase.

I agree...First try the SRP classifieds...If that fails then go to Ruprazor.

pm sent

oh and dont worry about shipping

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Originally Posted by cashedchaos

yeah the best price i see at the moment is here for 35 but i dont really think that will be there by the time i have money. so how often do cheap razors come thru here? i like the gold dollars at ruprazor but a little out of my price range for the moment lol.

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You're probably going to pay $15-$30 for Mach3 blades -- a single straight razor should last you a lifetime. :)

What razor did you get from Amazon and did it come directly from Amazon, or from a separate vendor? You might ask about the return policy on whatever razor you bought; I haven't searched Amazon extensively but I'm pretty sure that most of their non-shavette razors are on the do not buy list.

About gangs of new york: No, the blood does NOT stay on the blade :)
If you want to risk getting infected with something nasty, then you will want to clean the blade after every shave.

if you find one to sharpen it i got a razor to send

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Originally Posted by janivar123

if you find one to sharpen it i got a razor to send

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:rock: You rock Janivar, Very nice of you to offer him one of yours!

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if you find one to sharpen it i got a razor to send

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Good on you sir that is a very generous offer !!!! :)

Oh man SERIOUSLY?!? Well I almost don't know what to say. janivar123 Good Sir, You are truly a man of heart.Thank most sincerely. i think i replyed to your pm let me know if it didnt send cause i had many kind words for you in there.


and thanks again man you really have turned my luck around, or at least i feel on top of the world

thanks,
Chaos

did you read my response too?

Send it to me and I will return it as Shave ready as any Razor ever could be, I will pay return postage.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

About gangs of new york: No, the blood does NOT stay on the blade :)
If you want to risk getting infected with something nasty, then you will want to clean the blade after every shave.

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Sage advice. Also blood will rust the edge. Forget Hollywood :)

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Originally Posted by onimaru55

Sage advice. Also blood will rust the edge. Forget Hollywood :)

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So will most things, dont forget to clean the blade and then strop after every shave

Haven't shaved with any of my finds yet, but I have found plenty of SR from antique stores that are in more than good enough shape and are very cheap. They still need to be made shave ready, but they were easy on the wallet.

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Sage advice. Also blood will rust the edge. Forget Hollywood :)

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lol yeah i think that was more of a father son battle prep kinda thing. i don't mess around with blood. I'm sufficiently paranoid about blood after taking the test to get my blood parasites certificate from the red cross that allows me to work in tattoo shops, its probably expired but i don't need it anymore.

What would you have been doing in tattoo shops ? Inquiring minds want to know.

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What would you have been doing in tattoo shops ? Inquiring minds want to know.

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i was an apprenticing piercer for about a year, before i decided alabama does not quite have enough customers to support a family or myself. i dont regret it tho, probably the most inspiring time of my life being surrounded by that much art every day at work.....good times

I've been tattooing professionally twenty years. Never got into the piercing as that was before my time and not 'my thing' but I respect it.

I do not believe that I have seen mention of a strop yet. Do you have one?

oh right on my id luv to check out your work if you have a website. i wish i had payed more attencion to the SR flash when i was in the shop now. im in the procesess of designing my next tat(which probably wont happen for a few years) like a steampunk jolly roger with one of the cross bones will be a SR tho for sure

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I do not believe that I have seen mention of a strop yet. Do you have one?

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i made a practice strop out of some leather i had left over from making medieval armor for a friend. i don't yet fully grasp the quality of leather needed to make a good strop. so i will probably be browsing for a proper one. what is the difference in quality between strops is it just the grit or a certain roughness that make a strop good?

I don't know much about strops, but I buy mine from Tony Miller.

The Well Shaved Gentleman The Heirloom Razor Strop Company

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I've been tattooing professionally twenty years. Never got into the piercing as that was before my time and not 'my thing' but I respect it.

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Not ot derail, but I would not have suspected that from what I have read of your posts. Admittedly I am newer to the forum than my join date would imply.
Working on the design for my next addition right now. Though it took me 9 years to finalize my first one. Better to be sure than regret I suppose though