IMHO i would buy things 1 at a time if you can wait that long. Buy a strop one pay day, buy a brush the next and so on. That way you wont be hard strapped for cash and you wont get the cheapest things out there. I dont recomend buying the best yet either until you have made a firm and final decision that you truly want to shave with a straight. This decision came for me after i had a couple of months of shaving with one. WHILE you are waiting to amass your accoutrments, read every thing that you can in the Wiki and other posts from other beginers and members. When its time to purchase your actual razor, get one from the classified section on here, they all come ready to shave, that in and of itself will be a big jump on the learning curve.

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