Yes, as AFDavis says, good razor but you can get started for less money. If you want to start with a brand-new blade, look at Dovo's Best Quality. I recommend a half-hollow grind for a beginner; it's more forgiving of your shaving technique. Superiorshave.com carries them.

You'll need a strop at the same time you get your razor. Practice stropping first with a butter knife--it's a strange motion and you can damage both strop and blade when you flip and change directions. See our Wiki for all sorts of info and videos.

If you don't need to start with a brand-new blade, shop on our Classifieds, where the vendors know what "shave-ready" means, or at whippeddog.com. Whippeddog specializes in inexpensive beginner blades. They're good shavers but obviously used.

Also from our Wiki is a primer on straight razors, so you'll know what you're reading about while shopping.

Good luck and best wishes and welcome to SRP!