Out of the factory needs to be honed more to be truly shave ready. If starting out, why not give it a professional to hone and they are on the classifieds of SRP. You can mail it to them, and they will mail it back when they are done. This way, you know what a honed shave ready razor feels and looks like as a reference for when you start honing.

Also, the vendors on SRP sell straight razors professional honed and truly shave ready.

Welcome to SRP and Straight Shaving.

Pabster