Joshua,
Welcome to the world of straight razors..Its always nice to see another Toronto guy here. (OK, technically I'm in Vaughan, but close enough)
You've gotten some great advice so far and there's not much more I can add except to say, take it slow, learn your way around and enjoy the experience.
You're a few weeks late for the Toronto area meet up we had back in October, but a new local member demands that we start talking about another meet up :)
Cheers,
Joe