Thread: Shopping list help!

ok thank you very much i have taken some of the points into consideration,
i have had a look round and i am starting off from scratch (no pun intended) and this seems like it will take a little while to get, which means that in a months time i still feel like i want to give it a go i will do.

- Dovo Of Solingen straight razor - £150 ish
- Honed By Lynn, Honemeister, Joe if possible - ??
- Rooney Silvertip Medium - £58
- Geo F trumper Shaving Soap - £14.50
- Edwin Jagger Cup - £20.00
- Sollingen Small leather strop paste - £50

Comes to fair bit but i am willing to wait for a while, untill i have done a lot more reasearch.

Where abouts would i send a razor to get honed by one of the above, becuase i am in the uk and do not fancy sending it to america if avoidable.

That's quite an investment to start with.

Can I suggest you email or pm Tony Miller for most of your consummables and maintenance stuff and contact Bill Ellis (Urleebird) or Lynn Abrams (Adjustme69) for a decent razor.
You will enjoy a vintage restored razor better than a modern equivalent (IMHO) and it will be shave ready and last you your lifetime. It will be hell of a lot less than 150 quid.

Gary

I forget how expensive things are in the UK. Wow...that's a big initial investment.

When I started I bought a kit from Tony Miller, and I've been nothing but pleased with it. Have a look at them, and if you have questions he'll be happy to help you out: http://shop.thewellshavedgentleman.c...2&categoryId=5

You'll no doubt pay a bit more for shipping, but the exchange rate alone will save you a bundle, and you'll be getting great products.

Those prices are amazing. If you pay that sort of money you are certainly paying too much.

Apart from Tony for strops you can also check out Joe Chandler, he has restored razors as well and is adding all the time so pm him as well. Both gents offer great value.

Gary

I'll also recommend Tony Miller. You can always spend more money later. He currently has a great deal where you have absolutely everything you will need to for a while for $170. It is the same set that I just bought and, though I have no experience with any other straight equipment, I am very pleased with it.

Oh and Tony is about the most honest gentleman you will find. I bought my set just prior to his current deal and he gave me the better price anyway even though I didn't complain about it. Also he refunded me some money because his website overcharged me in shipping. All in all I saved $20, even though Tony needn't have refunded me anything.

Thank you very much for all your advice this is probably the only forum that actully reply with 6months of posting, apart from a Reptile Forum that no longer exists. Anyway i have had another look around and to start off with i shall buy the razor and then stick the rest of the items i may need on a very strange but long Xmas list
i know there are hundreds of posts about this but is it worth spending $$$ on a carbon steel blade or is that only worth it for Pro's, i am not to bothered about the cash if it takes me 2months to get what i need then so be it, but i would rather do it properley than have to change my blades after a couple of months or year.
Last question is that i have seen somewhere on here something about a test to see how sharp the blade is but can not find it anywhere. Rich
Oh oh one more (promise) i have seen some pictures of people on here and they look alot older than me i am only 23 but of course been shaving for a while just wonderd if my skin would be to sensitive or thin or soomething (stopping to dig a giant hole whilst sounding like a Year 7 at secondary school)

Actually a carbon steel blade is a bit easier to hone, but not by much with newer faster-cutting hones like Norton. The key is to get a quality blade that's made of good hard fine-grained steel and ground properly. If you're buying new, that will cost you anywhere from $60 to $250 for a production piece (more for custom pieces), depending on the size, grind and decorations. If you buy restored from Joe Chandler or Bill Ellis, you can get a restored shave-ready beauty for about $50. The best deal to get you going right away is the $170 starter set from Tony Miller, where you get a good DOVO razor (shave-ready), a hanging strop, a paddle strop (free pasting for SRP members) and some other items that will get you shaving immediately and keep you going.

By the way, there are a few younger guys. I'm 26, Jason's about 22-23, Sean is about the same age as Jason, Larry's 20 IIRC. I like the fact that we have a good mix of ages here.

I'm new here and can only second what so many have already said.
I have a brush and the other things since I have wet shaved for many years but I thought it was time to start using a SR.
I have an old razor that I'm trying to hone, but I went with Tony's good deal for us SRP members. Razor, hanging and paddle strop with pastes.
He was most helpful answering questions and giving advise. This will give me a good razor as reference while I'm learning to hone.
And I was able to get one of the razors that garythepenman had for sale so I can have two in rotation which I guess will give me more time to learn honing
Insured postage from Tony to Mongolia, were I live, is $32 and he said it is almost the same to UK. So for $200 you will get a kit that lasts a lifetime.
I'm looking farward to start to use this X-mas present from my wife

Mats

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Actually a carbon steel blade is a bit easier to hone, but not by much with newer faster-cutting hones like Norton. The key is to get a quality blade that's made of good hard fine-grained steel and ground properly. If you're buying new, that will cost you anywhere from $60 to $250 for a production piece (more for custom pieces), depending on the size, grind and decorations. If you buy restored from Joe Chandler or Bill Ellis, you can get a restored shave-ready beauty for about $50. The best deal to get you going right away is the $170 starter set from Tony Miller, where you get a good DOVO razor (shave-ready), a hanging strop, a paddle strop (free pasting for SRP members) and some other items that will get you shaving immediately and keep you going.

By the way, there are a few younger guys. I'm 26, Jason's about 22-23, Sean is about the same age as Jason, Larry's 20 IIRC. I like the fact that we have a good mix of ages here.

I'm 26 as well.
Also if you're looking for a shaveready razor. The Netherlands are just across the pond and I still have a few blades in stock.

And if you want ot avoid sneding yo the states...I do some honing as well.

You can always pm or e-mail me.