Welcome aboard Tyler! I highly recommend you extend your budget a little and purchase a razor from the classifieds. You will be getting a good razor at a great price. Also, check to make sure the razor is "shave ready" (it will be marked as so in the ad). The reason for this recommendation is that you don't have to sink quite so much money (good hones are not cheap) into your first attempt. Also, you can develop your shaving skills first without the addition of learning how to hone as well. Trying to do so will likely put you in a quandry when your shave doesn't come out so well. Is it your shaving technique? Or is it that you didn't properly hone your razor? The other alternative is to buy your inexpensive razor then send it out to one of our honemeisters to do the right job. However, that's an additional cost (and well worth it). Add things a little at a time...