Welcome to SRP. This is the place to gleen what you'll need to know about Straight razor shaving. Spend plenty of time in the WIKI learning what you can there is also a classified section where you can find honed razors at a good price as well as strops and Barber hones. Don't get into too big of a rush a family heirloom in decent shape could be cleaned up and sent out for honing (usually about $20.00). It would be helpful to see pictures there are those here with a real good eye and the experence to tell you what would need done to make a blade shave ready. Good luck and let us know how it's going.