hey everybody.
i've been investigating for about a month now and will be dropping the money to start straight razor shaving soon. i've read up and of course found the recommendation to purchase a shave ready razor. however, i'm trying to jump into it full speed and have been wondering about getting one... not shave ready? just to have as a pet project. i haven't been able to really figure out the difference.

so, my questions are these.

1. is getting a razor purchased not shave ready to fighting trim reasonable or is it never going to quite get the same quality as a shave ready?

and

2. is the difference between the two basically that a great majority of the sharpening and honing, etc has been completed prior to purchase with a shave ready?

much thanks for the help!