I am getting my first real razor this week. A Dovo. Since I'm making the transition from disposable blades to a real stra8 I will also be learning anout maintaining the blade, which leads to my problem.
I have read the horror stories on this site about people (even though they think they are being very careful) ruining the edge on their brand new stra8 razor due to poor honing technique. I would love to have another razor to be able to use as a backup and to compare against the one that I'm stropping, but I simply can't afford it.
I just don't want to rely on one razor and then not be able to use it because it needs to be repaired from poor stropping.
Assuming its not srtopped properly, can correct stropping fix it or does it need to be rehoned?
lastly, do the razors from SRD.com come shave ready? I just keep hearing that most razors don't ship shave ready and have to be worked on before they can be used.