Hello, I am new to shaving as well. But I succesfully set the bevel and honed an old straight shaver. Perhaps you can use some of my posts:http://straightrazorpalace.com/begin...ml#post1523650

I bought a RVS Dovo shaver and they also said it was shave ready. That is true, but after setting the bevel and honing a blade, I find the new blade not soo smooth. I guess they did not hone the blade with a 8K stone at all. Because after honing a straight razor with 8K wet-stone I can say the shaving is smooth!

Tip: buy a cheap doubled edge shaver (DE) with cheap Derby blades. Then you can learn to use the open shaver and in the meanwhile you finish the rest with the DE shaver. thatś what I do. Learning to shave with a straight razor takes a long time to master. Some say 6 months. As a HK man myself, speed and time is important not =p