New here - seeking advice
My name is Max and I've recently developed an interest in traditional shaving and straight edges. Reading around the forums has been a great way to begin to learn about straight edges, this is a terrific site - thank you all.
It would be great if anyone could help me out a bit with choosing my first straight edge. I've read the various getting started threads, shopping list for beginners and so on - which has been tremendously valuable.
I agree 100% that at this point it's better to go for inexpensive products, given that I don't know whether I'll end up really enjoying straight edge shaving. I do have a double edge so I'm fine with getting a good brush and soap - those will certainly be put to good use.
But I'm uncertain about getting something from the classifieds that is also cheap, as is suggested in some threads, given how little I know.
So I'm considering getting the full shaving kit from SRD (razor, strop, brush and soap), might upgrade to the 3 inch strop since it appears to be easier to learn with.
I'm curious as to why people seem to value the special tortoise dover over the best quality dover as a first razor, which is 20 bucks cheaper.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated