Hi all,
I'm newbie to the forum and straight razor shaving.
I have just made a bad purchase of a razor from eBay, turns out to be a cheap Pakistani one.
However I have now got my eye on a Dovo razor with gold etching and imitation mother of pearl handle for
Around £102.00 honed and shave ready.

Now,
To keep my razor in tip top shaving condition I need to buy a few more items, this is where it becomes confusing for me.
I have been looking at a few vid's on YouTube about honing and stropping.
Some people use very fine honing stones to keep there blade sharp whilst others use a strop made from leather and canvess.
I noticed that Lynn Abrahams uses a stone in his DVD instead of a strop.
People also say if I had a strop with canvess i wouldn't need a stone, also if using a leather strop I would need to use a paste as well.

As a newb what would be best for me???