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Lessee:

This Shaving Kit includes your bowl, brush and soap to get starter, $10

Merkur 180, $32

100 Blades, $8

That should come in right at the $50 mark and get some started for a few months.

Alternately
Lord Razor, $13


The Same Shaving Kit includes your bowl, brush and soap to get starter, $10

Blade Sampler Pack, $17

A good book on the subject, $10

Which is also ~$50

Sure. I will offer up this as a super cheap example of a decent way to start. It will provide a decent shave at a very reasonable price and you can always upgrade later if you decide that you want to.

Razor. It is cheap as hell, but works surprisingly well.

Blades. Buying a sample pack is a great way to decide on a blade that suits you. Every blade is different for everyone. A blade that works wonders for me may leave you with razorburn or stubble and vice versa. Unlike most things cost is not indicitive of how good a blade is.

Brush. Some people prefer badger hair brushes, some people prefer boar bristle. I like both and I use both. This is a decent boar bristle brush for someone starting out. The more that boar is used, the softer it gets.

Soap. Believe it or not you can easily spend hundreds a year on soaps and creams alone if you decide you want to try everything out there. Proraso soap is a great one for a beginner though, easy to lather, slick, and protective. It gives a nice tingle to your face due to the menthol so that is something to be aware of though.

For under $45 you can get started with a full kit. For under $25 if you just want the razor and some blades.

Now here is my favorite setup

Razor. The Merkur 39c has a head that holds the blade at a slant, enabling it to cut more like a guillotine. This is good for someone like me that has very tough and wiry beard hair.

Blades. Astra Superior Platinum razor blades are my favorite. Each one will last me for 3-4 days of shaving. Remember, a blade that works for me may not work for you. Blades are a trial and error thing.

Brush. I have more expensive brushes, but this brush is my favorite. Very soft, yet has enough stiffness to easily whip up a lather and it holds tons of water.

Soap. This is a shave stick. You rub the soap on your face and then use your brush to build a lather. This listing is for 15 shave sticks. A single stick can easily last 6-9 months.

For about 130 bucks you can make a big jump in quality. The majority of costs involved are in the razor itself and a more expensive brush. If I wanted I could spend upwards of 200 dollars on a stainless steel razor and over 500 dollars on high end silvertip badger hair brush. As I have mentioned before, this hobby is as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be.

I hope this helps.

a couple of things i would personally change.

I like old spice as a fragrance but as for actually using it as aftershave i personally am in the camp of non alcoholic after shave balms. nivea sensitive skin asb is a common one you can get anywhere.

on the brush, i personally feel like any omega boar brush is a better brush than the tweezerman and i really think they shine when using soaps and soft soaps like you have picked out. The pro 49 is considered a great standard boar. i know this one is more than the tweezerman.

its up in the air to me whether the pre/post shave makes any difference and at that price i would drop it and use the money use save on the brush and a blade sampler pack. getting to that next.

the blades. lots of people love derbys. lots hate them. with blades you dont know until you try them so we alwys recommend a sampler pack. like this maybe


also amazon is great especially when buying one or 2 things at a time but when buying a whole setup like this you can probably get it a little cheaper at a wet shaving retail website. if you are set on using amazon np but if you dont have to we could probably get you setup a little bit cheaper with the same stuff (or better).

Correct, or at least it looks that way. I was merely responding to the idea that it was available through Amazon Prime because it was being fulfilled by them and therefore that might be a reason for the price being a bit higher. Amazon does have variable pricing on some things, but I'm not sure how many third-party sellers have it applied, whether they're fulfilled by Amazon or not.

I got them in this sampler pack from amazon. I didn't even realize it but i was supposed to receive lord blades, pointed out by a customer review. The Treets are my favorite so far and I found them here when searching for bulk.

Thanks much for all the phenomenal advice. I wound up snagging this pack from Amazon, which seems to be a good mix of suggestions, which was mostly what I was trying to figure out. :)