Thread: help i am new dont want to spend more than $200

The only thing I've bought from SRD is a strop and it is leaps and bounds above my strops from Starshaving and whippeddog. Those are both decently made, serviceable strops, but the srd strop just screams class and quality.

However, the Frank's best badger brush from Starshaving is great.

I'd say the deal that zib posted is your best bet, considering it comes with pretty much everything you could think of. And at $160 it still leaves plenty of cash to buy an additional top end soap or cream.... just putting it out there...

Besides Straight Razor Designs--an excellent choice--another vendor that advertises here at SRP who offers straight razor/strop sets under $200 is Vintage Blades.

Check them out. I purchased my first razor/strop set from them. I still use the latigo strop I purchased from them over two years ago. One nice feature of the strop is that you can purchase a replacement for the leather if you slice or gouge it.

Welcome!

There are plenty here with more experience, but my 2 cents... Don't buy an expensive razor first. Plenty of quality razors can be had for under $100. Test it out. Maybe you'll want a bigger or smaller size. Maybe you think a different ground is in order. Who knows? But, by buying a cheaper one out of the classifieds from a reputable member, you will have a foundation to build on, and one to fall back to when your daily shaver takes a time out.

Since beginning, my tastes have changed with razor preference. My newb mind had no idea what I was in for.

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