Heh, certainly not, but I'd like at least to manage a decent shave with the razor I've already bought -- or to write it off as unusable if it isn't.
Thanks for the welcomes, by the way. I'm really excited to get started with this; I've had a couple of fabulous straight-razor shaves from barbers that left me completely unable to put up with the rubbish I was getting from disposable multiblates. How long is the turnaround for these mail-away honings?