I think the spirit of this or any shaving forum should help a newcomer get the best possible experience from this hobby. It goes without saying that a shave ready razor should be "Shave Tested" its the only test that can truly quantify whether a new blade can really shave in acceptable manner. The overstressed producers of today have no way of injecting the amount of effort or time to make sure of this. Yes they all seem to have tests where they cleave some synthetic fibers and if it cuts it gets boxed and out it goes. I could get razor to pass a test like that off of a 1k stone but I wouldn't even think of shaving with it.
So I think it is important that a new straight razor user doesn't have the experience I had when going to a major shaving retail store purchasing a very nice dovo or thiers issard taking it home lathering my face in great anticipation and then having the blade pull painfully hard mid cheek until my eyes teared. That's enough for some folks to say this was all a silly experiment and go back to a mach 3. So it is a good thing that some vendors take the time to prepare these blades for the end user that they have a nice experience and are inspired to continue.