It is a little confusing. Razors that are not stropped do not shave well, so that has to be done before every single shave.
Then the question is how sharp the razor is, that's done by honing.
At the minimum you should buy a razor that is honed to provide close and comfortable shave, because you don't have the tools and skills to make it so.
Most people would refer to those razors as 'shave-ready'.
Ideally the seller would strop the razor shortly before mailing it to you, and the edge will still be reasonably good to shave without any additional stropping the first time. I like to think that that is really what a 'shave-ready' razor should be, i.e. ready just to shave out of the box.