ScottyK9, welcome to SRP. You are thinking in the right way. Limited budget aside, going with whippeddog.com is an intelligent solution. His blades don't win beauty contest, but the will win the shaving contest. It will come shave ready. He has several price points to look at. I've had a few from him and I was quite pleased with them. His basic strops will also be a good intro to straight razor shaving. I take it the "gentleman's shaving kit" is the VDH variety. Again a good basic beginning. If you are careful in your stropping you shouldn't need a honing stone (as you put it) for a few months. The art and skill of honing a razor from bevel to shave ready edge is a slow learning curve. Concentrate for the next several months on learning to use your straight edge properly, and that includes stropping. So enough you will find that your edge needs re-freshening. Told that goal read up on barbers hones and chrome oxide, a less expensive way to go till you can get some one on one experience with a mentor on the how to hone from start to finish.

I would suggest that you revise your info so we can see where you are. There are mentors and willing SRP members all over the place that can, and happily will, give you face to face tutoring and answer a lot of your questions.