New members with question

[DaveL]

Hey Guys,

New member here from Ontario Canada. I am looking at buying my first SE razor which is a new Dovo Straight edge (either the Astrale 5/8 or the Flowing 6/8 but I was worried about the honing part of it before I could use it. I am in a small location nd don't feel giving such a piece of art to anybody to hone it. So can I just start with a leather strops? Or I should go full blown with a strops, honing stone, etc etc? I am about 2 hours from Toronto and don't know who to trust to hone the razor.

Also, last time I trusted a Professionnal for maintenance they blew up my motorcycle engine just for adjusting valve (motorbikes are my main passion... )

Soooooo What you guys think? Usually I go or don't go. I don't care spending the money and learning I really doubt I will back off from SE shaving anyway. But I am looking if I can get buy for now with a strops so I can get started...

Cheers!

P.S. For those grammar freeks, members of this forum, I am orignally from Montreal and grew up speaking French. I moved here for work 6 years ago and I've been learning English since so I apologize ahead of time if I screw up some of my sentences...