Quote Originally Posted by LikesBBS View Post
I ordered from whipped dog so I wouldn't spend a fortune on a new blade, strop, brush etc before knowing if I liked SR shaving and Whipped came highly recommended for begginers from many members. I chose the sight unseen deal with all the fixings and I did read that the blade would be used and not perfect, just didn't expect it to be as ugly as it was lol but for roughly 40$ a blade and +50 for everything else I can't complain as I learned many things from that blade and strop (my new strop thanks Larry ^_^).
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I see several 40$ razors and one 35$ razor, all of which look much, much better than those sight unseen razors.
There is no reason why you would need to settle for a rusty razor, just because you only want to spend 40$.