Hello all! First post here on the forum, but have been reading posts for a while here now, very helpful community that im glad to now be a part of anyway here's my post

I currently shave with a feather DX no sharpen straight razor. Its a really nice razor and it definitely makes me enjoy shaving a whole lot more than with my old cartridge razor (I have very sensitive skin and moderate acne). The learning curve is a bit steep and I am still in the learning process. Like I said the feather is awesome, but it is S H A R P! Maybe almost to sharp for me so I decided to get a traditional straight as they are a little more "forgiving" or so I've heard. Plus, they are just flat out badass so I decided to buy myself a complete setup. Here it is (thanks lynn and don from srd for helping me choose my strops)

Razor: Dovo Astrale 5/8 fromm SRD

Everyday strop: SRD 3' Premium IV bridle strop with webbedfabric back strop

Paste strop: SRD Modular paddle

Paste: crOx spray and .5 diamond spray that came with the mod paddle.

Is this a bit of splurge for a semi-newbie ???

I plan on using pastes until i really need to hone then ill go from there.

Lemme know what you think of the setup !