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Not at all. You can still find great straight at antique stores. I've found some really nice ones from $10-$20. You just have to send them out for honing and maybe a little bit of restoration...

I bought a antique store straight for my first for $12. By the time I got it sent out and honed, I could have gotten it cheaper (and shave ready) from the classifieds here. You can easily find shave...