Hello all of you out there again, well my wife decided to be awesome and get me a new straight for Christmas. She ordered it from Knives at Knife Center and it appears to be on the way. I found this out since my wife is horrible at keeping secrets and I figured it out last night. Here is my problem, even though she got the razor she did not get any other gear for it. I do not have a stone, strop or pastes. I would really really like to be able to use this sometime soon but I do not have the money to go nuts with gear. I am also assuming that I will need to get Lynn's DVD so I dont ruin the blade. Is there anyone out there who would be willing to help a newbie out with his first razor? I think that I could manage 75$ for gear but not much more. If noone can help could someone help me with advice on what to do? I dont wanna just stare at my new straight for two months before I even get a chance to use it.