Hello all,
This is my first post, so allow me to introduce myself, my name is Nicholas, and although I have read many posts to obtain information from this site multiple times, I only recently (finally) signed up. I first just want to give a little history so y'all will know where I am coming from. I have been using a straight razor since 2006 when I started barber college, but in California, using a conventional blade on people is not legal. Lucky for me, I am back in my home state of Texas, where, according to the person I talked to from the board said it is perfectly fine here. I started off with the cheap little $20 red plastic handle changeable blade razor, actually more like 4 or 5 of them since they break so easily, which is why I bought a Feather Artist Club DX, because I read that it is the closest thing to using a fine conventional blade. I have been extremely happy with my feather, however, the other day my boss busted out his conventional blades to show me, he gave me a refresher on honing and stropping, and from there I started honing his 7 day set. Once I would hone a razor I would use it that day for all my post haircut neck shaves, and I fell in love. I also borrowed a friends high end Dovo, which took it to a whole new level, I wasn't 100% set to convert to conventional blades until using a real nice razor. There is something about honing and stropping that just makes the changeable blade seem so boring; I mean I am still very happy with what my feather will do with a fresh blade, it really does give a very nice, close shave, but the nostalgia that comes with a conventional blade is just too awesome to not enjoy. Although I had a ton of razors at my disposal, I still wanted my own, so I kept looking at ebay until I found a nice looking, clean, vintage razor (a Geneva Pyramid 7n in a 5/8) to start my collection. Although its a nice razor, i just ordered a TI Bijou de France, because I wanted something that felt as good or better than my friends Dovo I had borrowed. So, now that the brief history of my straight razor history has been told, onto my inquiries!

1. Will my TI be shave ready? or will it need some stropping, or possibly honing?
2. Being that I will be using my TI daily, how often would one suppose I'll need to hone?
3. What hones do I need to maintain the cutting edge on my TI? also, to get a better cutting edge on my Geneva, it is not nearly as sharp as I would like, although it does cut; but I think that's because I have only used a barbers hone? My thoughts were to get a nice 1k, the norton 4k/8k combo, and a Naniwa 12k (because of the natural polishing effect)
4. What would be the best hanging strop to use? right now, the one that is hanging off my barber's chair is leather on one side canvas on the other.

Thanks for reading, and for any input you may have, I appreciate it!