Quote Originally Posted by FurryFacedFella View Post
I was in CVS in Fredericksburg, VA this evening and found WMS and VDH boar brush sitting next to each other on the shelf in the same cubby. The plastic handled VDH boar brush was priced at about $9, the WMS was priced at a $1 and some change. Since I'm new I thought I'd wait to see what I could find for both of these products.
You can pick up a VDH kit with bowl, soap, and brush in most pharmacy sections for around $12, and it's a good kit to start out with. The brush will lose a few hairs for the first several shaves, but it's what a lot of guys use (myself included), especially to start out. The bowl is great for holding your soap and building lather. The soap is pretty mild too.

You can also dig around antique stores, flea markets, and swap meets to find razors, cups, brushes, and other odds and ends, though Buyer Beware; some of these vendors think that because it's old, it's gold!