+1 on the advice from the others, if your not experienced with honing i would recommend having one of the members here bring them to "shave ready"status, its important because during your SR shaving journey if you didnt have a truly shave ready blade from the start it's going to lead to questions about your technique,stropping,and maybe your own abilities to set a bevel on your blade that you wont be able to answerer because you didn't truly get the feel of a real "shave ready" razor.. Just my opinion.