hello everybody,

my name is rene gomez, i have been looking to buy a straight razor and decided to make an account on SRP because it seems to have the biggest wealth of knowledge
so i hope to hear from many of you. So from what i understand 5/8 blade is the best for beginners, does this mean i should not go for anything else but that size? also im read that i should stay away from ebay, but the classified section here hardly has anything in that size that i like for the money im tying to spend on a razor ( about 100$ is my budget). my question would then be where do you all get razors from? i would like for them to come honed(well honed that is) and preferably have a new razor without breaking budget?
looking forward to hearing from anyone thanks in advance,

rene gomez