Experience with the Zeepk sets?

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03-13-2007, 11:27 PM
Namdnas

Experience with the Zeepk sets?

I am interested in giving shaving sets including straights which I've restored as presents to some friends and family this Christmas. Now, while I'd like to give everyone a badger brush and a Tony strop, I can't afford to do that. So, I was considering buying the Zeepk sets which include a soap, strop, razor and brush for $20, and replacing the straights with my restorations. A nice cheap intro to straight shaving. My question is this,

Are the Zeepk strops any good for stropping, useless, middle of the road, etc... thanks - John

PS Insert Mehaz here as well, as they both seem to have these sets.
03-13-2007, 11:42 PM
Lancer

dont do it...

In the nicest way possible... Zeepk are utter CRAP...

Unless of course you despise the intended recipients...
03-14-2007, 12:30 AM
Olav Vittfarne

Maybe you could buy Polish strops from wojtec76.
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZopen_razorQQhtZ-1
Those that have bought things from him seems to be happy with them.

Mats
03-14-2007, 01:05 AM
thebigspendur

The only thing the strops are good for is practicing with a razor and cutting them up. You could trash the razors, brushes and strops and wrap up the soap real pretty and give them that.
03-14-2007, 01:23 AM
Namdnas

OK, thanks for the advice guys. - John
03-15-2007, 06:42 PM
Friggin Joe

I have experience with Zeepk.
Bad.
05-02-2007, 02:25 AM
Kenrup

Yep, not worth the shipping

:cen I confess, I bought a set, it was not German 440 steel, it wasn't a real strop, the brush says Bass on it and the leather case is faux leather. The brush stand is okay. All I can say, of all the things I have purchased on eBay, it was one of them.
05-03-2007, 07:26 AM
Steelforge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olav Vittfarne

Maybe you could buy Polish strops from wojtec76.
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZopen_razorQQhtZ-1
Those that have bought things from him seems to be happy with them.

Mats

I bought 2 of these Polish strops (+razors +hones) to make up some starter sets to give to a couple of very good friends as gifts, and they're ok for the money. They are however quite narrow and the leather is very thin. I've never tried any Zeepk gear, and never would having read the opinions of guys on here who I trust.

Another option, buy some of Tony Miller's cheapest practice/starter strops. They have a simple leather loop for hanging and no hardwear, but the leather is superb quality for the price, wide, thick, supple etc. I use one as a travel strop as it rolls up nicely into a compact ball, and does almost a good a job at stropping as my main #1 Tony Miller strop.