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Maybe we could ask the OP what he would want to do if money were not a factor. Then tell him to do the opposite of that minus one.

To me this passage from Cormac McCarthy illustrates the baseline of simplicity in shaving with a straight razor:
From Outer Dark
published in 1968

"Further on he came to a board culvert through...

You can ask yourself: what would great great Grandad do? Put as many greats in there as you need,
if he lived too far from a barber or couldn't afford one.

If you are keeping your razor keen between shaves with a strop, you could take the Old Barber path which would be a Barber's Hone.
You might have to lap it which would require a truly flat hard...