Hi, Braz. Welcome to Straight Razor Place.

I like your plan to start off slow. Reading up and watching videos before shaving is a good idea. Likewise, practice at stropping will be beneficial. You can even practice with a butter knife so there negating the risk of a nicked strop. Since you will be shaving with a Dovo from SRD your razor will be shave ready. You actually don't need, and probably should not, strop before your first shave. Just wipe the oil off the blade and shave!