Thread: Buying razors

So I just bought a straight razor set from ebay because of the price. After shaving with it once I realized that might not have been a good idea. It is a zeepk razor set, which is apparently not worth it at all? Are the razors, strop, and hone all junk? If so, is there any way to return it for a refund? I am now looking for a new set. I was wondering if the site straightrazordesigns.com had quality stuff? Dovo Best Quality Black 6/8 Straight Razor Set - $174.99 : something like that. Thanks!

Zeepk are junk. You can contact the seller and see if they'll take it back but I'm not sure you'll have much luck. The Dovo set from SRD is quality gear and you won't go wrong with it.

Okay. Thank you. I think I'll try it out. What grit hone would you recommend? The set doesn't come with one, so I'll buy one seperate.

You'll find you won't need a hone for a while, as all razors from SRD come shave ready. The factory edges are rarely good enough for anything other than a starting point for proper honeing. You'll also find many people will recommend you learn to shave first, before taking on the extra challance of learning proper honing skills.
If you do end up stuck with that zeepk, it would be a way of practising your honing skills on a Norton 4000/8000 combo stone. That and something like a reasonably cheap Guangxi natural stone for a final polish and a reasonable strop will see you ready to maintain your own razors indefinately.


Mick

Thank you guys very much. I wish I had had your help before I started all this.

You can also try classicshaving.com they have a very good selection of new and vintage straight razors.

You could also use your new Zeepk as a really nice looking folding letter opener. Most letter openers don't fold, so you'll have a nice one.



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Zeepk- D'oh