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If you bide your time and search the antique shops/ebay you can find some really great deals, I picked up a vintage coticule on ebay about two months ago for pennies because the seller listed it...

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...