So I had my first shave a little while ago.

My prep was good. Two hot towels and lathered up and stropped (I stropped a bit today because I didn't want to sit with the lather on too long) then hot toweled again with lather on.

I first attempted my right side under the sideburn with my new straight razor. It was pulling way too much so I took out my DE w/ a feather blade and did the rest of my first pass with that. By the way, I experimented with multiple angles and tried different areas and could not find anywhere that the blade would remotely glide. I even tried to shave the middle of the cheek where hair is less concentrated with a little momentum.

After I finished my first pass I went back on the right cheek and did the whole cheek another WTG with the straight razor. WOW that felt good! It did shave the closest I have ever had from just a WTG Pass. I dried it off and let it sit while I finished my shave with me DE.

So, my dillemma is that I don't know what to do because I bought this razor "Shave Ready". Although, I should say that I have pretty coarse hair. but I don't know what constitutes "shave ready?" Should I ask for the money to get it honed? The only reason I bought this razor was because it was shave ready. Now I would have to pay for shipping and honing. What do I do?