First and foremost, you'll have to send your new straight out to get it shave-ready honed so that the bevels are known to be done right. After that, with the bevels right, keeping it sharp will be much easier.

Secondly, be prepared to dull your razor learning how to strop. Everyone does it, me too. So, get prepared to get the razor sharpened again if you can't do it yourself.

Third, don't worry about buying any sharpening stones yet. Learn the razor first while you are researching which stones you want to get. It'll save you a bunch of $ if you do.

Lastly, you don't need a canvas strop. A leather strop will serve you just fine until you figure out what you're doing.

You will get frustrated somewhere along your learning curve, that's expected, but stay at it and go slow. It will be fun!