Originally Posted by
deepweeds
I didn't start with shavettes, but I think your reasons for doing so are right on. A lot of us (me included) managed to mess up the edge on a perfectly good razor while fumbling our early stropping efforts, not to mention honing.
With the shavette, you can start by learning to shave, just as you say. Whenever you like, you can purchase a strop and practice on it with a butter knife until your fingers and arm develop some reliable muscle-memory. Then at some point, you can purchase a shave-ready straight from a trusted honemeister, and shave and strop with it for months before honing becomes an issue. It sounds to me like a good way to begin.
Welcome, and good luck!