Well I am new too. I got a new dovo red bone straight. Found this place and saw it should have been honed better than factory before using. So I got a DE for now and some DE blades and bought stuff on ebay
120119610042 King Cutter straight razor with case
120119611533 King Cutter straight razor with case
120119614051 ORSTRHOFF Manganese steel straight razor with case
120119664181 Razor blade sharpening bar or hone
120119666071 Razor blade sharpening bar or hone
120119667189 Razor blade sharpening bar or hone
These were/are for me to practice my honing on before I hone my Dovo.
They are due to arrive tommorrow and if you are interested I can send you one of the King cutters and you can send it away to be honed. I live in Victoria, BC so I will even cover shipping of the king cutter to you. You just have to decide if this helps you and then you can get a strop on your own at house of knives or momentum etc. PM if you are interested.