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Very wise advise, you'll be learning shaving and stropping at the same time, no need to learn honing right away especially with a shave ready razor

There's a seller in the UK on ebay with the ebay name of aj, he sells welsh slate hones, many if us have had good luck with those (8k-15k, his estimates), there is also a Polish seller with Chinese...

If I were you I would get a decent used starter razor first to learn stropping and razor handling, that way you won't mess up a brand new expensive razor.

The gold wash is very thin and will come...