Welcome from another Coloradoan!

Sorry to hear about your blade--that's a big disappointment.

There's an Art of Shaving in Denver, at the Cherry Creek Mall. I don't know how knowledgeable they actually are about straight razors, but you can probably get a strop there.

If you can find a barber who's been barbering a long time, he can probably help you fix your blade. Denver seems to have a lot of barbers who still give straight razor shaves.

You might have just bumped your blade against the sink, or against a scale when closing it. I've tweaked my own edges that way.

Honing is a game all its own... if it comes to that, find someone experienced to do it for you the first time. You can do a fair amount of damage honing, and this isn't the blade for you to learn on!

I'd suggest you get a starter razor from whippeddog.com, and one of his starter strops too. The razor will be shave-ready, but relatively inexpensive so you can practice anything on it.

Practice stropping with a butter knife or something before putting your real blade on it. This will get you started with some muscle memory.

Above all, dig into the Wiki--there are great instructions and videos there. Take it slow and easy--the straight shave is really a collection of different arts.

Good luck with it all, and I hope you get your blade straightened out!