I have been using a DOVO shavette so not to worry about stropping/honing etc a straight razor, but now am going to purchase a straight.
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G'Day and welcome from across the 'dutch'
So you have lathering down, an idea of what you will be doing with the straight, so it's just the stropping, I reckon you'll be fine. If you get your strop you could probably use the shavette sans blade to practice stropping technique.
Do you have any ideas on what sort of razor you want?
:chapeau Greetings & Welcome to another Wellingtonian
I have only ever bought secondhand razors, but that seems to be a popular one for a first razor, just ensure you buy from somewhere that hones the razor by hand to shave ready and doesn't just supply the factory honed, it you will have to send it off for honing.
Of the razors I have I prefer closer to 6/8 but that's just me. Mine are also all different styles so it might be that I prefer hollower or frameback razors.