Quote Originally Posted by ace View Post
The "honing stone" is quite small, probably inadequate unless it is a Barbers Hone, and it is not clear what grit it is. The razor is very likely to arrive not shave ready, and that stone may not remedy that condition. The strop looks fine, but some of the other stuff will certainly be bargain basement variety.

I'd recommend slowing down a bit here. I'd recommend purchasing a razor and strop combo from Straight Razor Designs that'll cost about the same. You can add the mugs, soaps, and all that later.

If that fails, and you're really serious, I'll send you a razor for free, honed properly, and you can take it from there. I expect others will chime in and offer their assistance as well.
That would be extremely generous of you. I'll try shopping around first, and I'll let you know. I don't want to take advantage of your kindness, haha...

Thanks a lot for the advice, everyone. I was going to read the stickied post, but I found this kit and I figured I should see if it was worth it, which it clearly isn't. I'll definitely check the resources you guys recommended.