Quote Originally Posted by superpatriot View Post
McGyver,

. . . You think a razor from Whipped Dog will give me a enough shaves to tell if it's for me? I was looking at the $55 Straight Razor/poor man strop kit. My only concern was not getting a real feel for using a straight razor if I use inferior material.
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PMFJI --

The Whipped Dog razors, and Poor Man's strop, aren't made of "inferior material". The razors are good vintage steel, and the occasional report on Larry's honing has been favorable. The strop (which I own) is decent leather -- not large, not fancy. It makes a good travel strop if you "graduate" to something else.

You'll cry less if you nick a Poor Man's strop, or if you drop a Whipped Dog razor, than if you damage a Boker Edelweiss.

Your face probably won't know the difference.

Charles