I will very soon be moving from the cheap disposable shavettes to more elgegant straights. I have been reading the forums for quite some time just taking in as much information as possible. Eventually I will be purchasing a bottom line dovo but my question is before that even happens should I purchase a 4000/8000k stone (I already own a basic two sided coarse and fine) and really cheap razors off of ebay (aroung $15.00- $20.00) and get all of the practice honing and sharpening these to shave ready? I would prefer to use dispoables until I am atleast somewhat confident in my honing abilities rather than ruining a $90.00 Dovo blade. I have been looking through classified and they are also higher than I would like to throw away on ruining a blade.

I guess what I am asking is will this provide any benefit in the long run; will these blades shape and hold an edge for atleast one shave in order for me to get a "feel" from going from "dull" to "sharp"?