My suspicion is that there are a lot of dollars tied up in the titanium of that timor, compared to say a Dovo at a similar price with plastic handles. They are not rated all that highly whenever I've seen them mentioned but I have no personal experience with them. I would say that for that price, you can get a well proven razor, and not risk having a dud.
I would recommend picking up a brush, badger if you can afford it, there are lots of good names there, or an Omega synthetic if you want to go that route (I have one and it compares well to my high end badger, especially considering the cost difference.) Then get some soap, Taylor of Old Bond Street, Mitchels wool fat, or proraso are three that I would recommend as being pretty consistent (although mitchels tends to have trouble with really hard water) You can use these with your normal shave method until you get into the straight, and are much better than canned goop. Anything you spend here will be spread out over the long term, Brushes last for years, and a single puck of soap will easily last months.
Badger and blade, as well as straight razor place have good info, and exchanges to get either a good used, or pro-honed razor. Most razors are not shipped suitable for shaving and must be honed. Its not recommended to learn both shaving and honing at the same time, as you end up with too many variables going on. A cheap way to get into straights to start is whippeddog.com he does cheap razors ready to go.
A couple other straight razor essentials that you can use any time, an alum block: helps your fingers stick to your skin for stretching, as well as a light styptic, and a good aftershave. I use Thayers superhazel, and nothing else generally, but I have a moisturizing cream for wind/sun burn days. There are a lot of different types of aftershaves, but whatever you use, it will have to do more than what your aftershave does when using a cartridge.
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