Thread: Help narrowing down the short list for first straight razor purchase

Originally Posted by Ritchy

Thanks for everyone's advice - in the end I decided to go affordable on my first straight and bought a Henckels Platinum 401 from the classifieds:

Henckels Platinum 401 - Straight Razor Place ClassifiedsFor honing, I am about to embark on trying to figure out the best bang for your buck stones to purchase...any guidance there is appreciated!

Gz on the purchase buddy, you won't regret that. For honing, IMHO by far is Belgium coticule, give a very nice smooth edge, not to hard to use and also does the job of numerous stones all combined into one, check out coticule.be

Mark