Thread: comparison or review of (beginner) starting sets

Hello all,


I recently started straight shaving by buying here and there all the basic equipment (razor, strop, brush, cream). For christmas or later, I want to buy a complete (new) wet shaving kit (at least razor, strop, brush, plus maybe stand, bowl or even a finishing/polishing honing stone...) as a treat.

One remark:
- I find it too bad that under the equipment section of this forum, there is no sub-section for kits or sets. That would be particularly useful for beginners or people who wants to make a gift to a to-be-beginner.

I also understand that this particular forum could have a bias toward SRD (straightrazordesigns) for some reasons .

Three questions:

1) do you know any comparison or review of the current traditional shaving starter sets and sellers (online or not)?

2) I have a total budget of about $250 - $300 (or 200 euros). For this (coming) kit, I'd prefer to invest mostly in the brush and the strop, as I understood it is an investment that you never regret. So my questions are:

a) is it sound to buy a kit (and to save the hassle of buying separately)? Or, conversely, would it be more sound to buy the equipment separately (and to save money).

b) could you advise me any particular set or seller?


Thank you all
Christophe.