Thread: Future Physician on a Straight Razor Mission

I don't know why people are hating on the philly. Its made with the same quality leather as the higher priced strops, but it doesn't have the level of tooling and nice hardware attached to it. IMO, this makes it perfect for the beginner who doesn't want to make a big investment.

The modular strops are nice, but they cost significantly more than a regular strop, which is honetly all he needs.

Originally Posted by markevens

I don't know why people are hating on the philly. Its made with the same quality leather as the higher priced strops, but it doesn't have the level of tooling and nice hardware attached to it. IMO, this makes it perfect for the beginner who doesn't want to make a big investment.

The modular strops are nice, but they cost significantly more than a regular strop, which is honetly all he needs.

The beautiful thing about opinions: everyone is entitled to their own.

The leather of a Filly is not the same as a strop that I would make an everyday strop. If I had to use one, I would, but I don't. The one I used was significantly less effectual than what I'm used to. If we were only going to talk about what we "need", then this site would be quite boring because we have made a hobby of shaving (I'm assuming you recognize how absurd that must seem to 99.9835% of the population).

I'm of the opinion that it's better to invest in few quality pieces rather than buy several lower quality items. One or two nice razors, one really nice brush and strop, a quality cream or soap. The Filly doesn't fit in that scenario. I simply offer a counter point to the ones made in support of the Filly. Additionally, the replacement leather component is what, $50? So, in essence, my recommendation would require an additional $20 investment (all told when factoring in replacing the leather component versus buying a filly and a better strop later), but for that he gets a significantly better quality product to learn on. Plus, you get a linen component to start with (which the Filly doesn't come with). Factoring that in, the value proposition of the Filly is not attractive at all to me.

Oh, I feel the same. I was just trying to work with the constraints the OP gave us, ie: everything he needs for as little money as possible.

The SRD modular strop is 90 bucks. For that much he can get decent quality razor, brush, soap, and strop. They won't be top of the line, but they won't be garbage either. (I do disagree on the filly, I think its the best cheep strop out there).

What's the saying? I'm too poor not to buy the best I can afford

Good thing I already have the brush and soap/cream covered. I know how RAD can take over and I just don't have that kind of cheddar!!