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    Normally I would say get a vintage razor from the classifieds here however the SRD offer is mighty persuasive. It's a matter of do you think you will become a great honer pretty quickly and do the honing yourself or you will be relying on sending it out.
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    The only thing I can add to this discussion is that if you have your heart set on a specific vintage razor from the classifieds you have to move fast; sometimes they sell as quickly as they are posted. Trust me, I think most of us have been burned that way.

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    I couldn't pass up the "free honing for life" offer (even though I'm "old"). That way you always have something to compare others to. Now I've got a different problem - ebay. My first thought was to have a razor or two to be in "rotation", but now I have "several" razors to rotate. Is this a disease?d

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    [QUOTE=mikk;700620] I would like to get a nice razor, but after I have one I am happy with, the chances I will start collecting are small, I think.

    Hahahahahahahahahah

    Yeah, we all said that.

    Seriously, if you get a decent razor, don't go for a bargain basement strop. It's like buying a $3,000 camera and getting a $49 lens.

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    Sounds like RAD is setting in! It's happening to me too - I've got 3 on the go already!

    But on the main subject, I decided to spend about £50 on a decent shave ready vintage for my first razor rather than go for brand new. The thought process was that the vintage was ready to use and cost less, I may have had to spend more getting the brand new blade honed to shave readiness, and the resale value afterwards if I couldn't get into straight shaving. As I said, the vintage I have cost £50, and I could probably sell it for close to that now (although not freshly honed), whereas if I'd spent £120 + honing on a brand new a good chunk of that is markup so I'd probably have been lucky to get £90 back, also taking into account the availability of some brand new blades.

    I could be off the map with that theory, but it's all purely academic now anyway cos I'm enjoying shaving this way and I'm getting the hang of it!
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    Always leave yourself room to upgrade.

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