Some good advice given so far I will throw in that since your new to the SR its going to be very hard for you to tell if problems shaving are from honing or shave technique.

If you want to do the honing yourself and don't want to buy a another SR that is shave ready I would suggest getting a shavvette so you can practice shaving with a known sharp razor.

Shavettes are not a perfect correlation to SR but a lot of the skills and techniques do cross over.