From one newbie to another welcome. It depends what your budget it. Straight razor design sells shave ready blades and and strops. They also sell strop and razor packages starting around $110. Rup razors sells shave ready razors and hand made strops. I believe rup is cheaper. If your looking for extream value there is whipped dog. They are very affordable but not pretty at all. He sells razors and strops. They are used but good quality just not pretty. I just started and do not have experience with any of these. I did just buy a strop from ruprazors. Another tip is that if you havnt switched to brush and cream/soap do so asap your shave will improve greatly.