Thread: Need help picking out first razor

Check out Glen's 'Beginners Tips' on the front page, it's very timely for you . You can most definitely get a nice vintage shave ready razor for under a hundred. A nice 1/2 or even full hollow 5/8 is a good way to go, I think. Your consideration about a strop is whether to get a good one or a cheap one first off. It's possible that too many people talk about nicking strops too much; I've only done it three times. Then again, you don't learn to drive in a Rolls Royce. I have a Norton 4/8 and a Shapton 16k. If funds are tight, just the Shapton would be all you'd need for touching up the edge. Of course, you're going to get a whole bunch of different opinions.

Carl