Thread: first set up

your razor is already honed, no need to worry about that part.

if by regular shaving cream you mean the foam in the aerosole cans that would work more or less, but you'll probably get better results if you spend an extra $6-$10 for a cheap brush and shaving soap at your local drugstore/walmart/walgreens....
if you mean proper shaving cream that is brushless that may work ok too (i've got one here to try, and the one i've heard is no good at all is the herban cowboy stuff).