Maybe your best bet is to leave that razor aside, and get one from the board here, I think there are couple in the Buy/Sell/Trade at around 40$...

When you get more experienced, enough to know what are you doing with the hone and the strop, you can try out your gem. When new with straights, accidents like dropping your razor, or a meeting with the faucet, or a sink are not uncommon...


Nenad