Quote Originally Posted by Wildtim View Post


Nope your not wrong


I disagree, that is exactly how I got started.

Cheap soap and brush from Walgreens, coffee mug, leather from the local Leather Factory, and two razors from an antique store that I honed up with stones that I already had from my other various endeavors and finished on a barbers hone that came from a different antique store.

All said and done was under $50.

(but I quickly added the norton 4k/8k, though it wasnt absolutely necessary)

So yes, it can be done on the cheap, maybe not by everyone, since I had some stones to begin with, but for the most part it is possible.