For those just starting out
For those like me just starting out, Your local Barber could be your new best freind.
I have been shopping around for my first straight. Torn between spending as little as possible to get my feet wet or buying a 130.00+ razor to start out with. I stopped in at our local barber shop today to see if he could order in a basic Dovo and what it would cost. Once I had him convinced it was not a Shavette that I was looking for he explained it was difficult to order them as local law requires them to use disposiable blades to wet shave people. He then aggreed to give me one of his that he has kicking around the back room of the shop no charge. He says he has a few King Cutters kicking around. I offered to buy more than one but he said no, he will give me one but he wants to hold onto some as there is some history and it was what he learned to shave with and so on. But looks like I will get my first straight this week no charge.
I then asked about After Shaves. He uses Booster product in the shop and sells Proraso product. He sold me a 400ml bottle of Booster for about 3.00-4.00 cheaper than I have seen online anywhere and the Proraso was about 6.00 cheaper.
