I quickly leveled a new character all the way to 80 via dungeons, with the intent to solely pvp at max level. I have several max level characters already with lots of honor.
However, honor does not appear in the currency tab until a character earns at least some honor. This means you have to queue at least one arena skirmish or random bg to earn a little honor before you can transfer honor for the full honor set.
While admittedly not a huge deal, it seems like it’s not expected behavior to have to faceplant in 1 match and let your teammates down without any honor gear, before you can get base honor gear to start PvPing. Ideally honor and conquest could be included in the currency tab even if both are at zero, in order to be able to transfer currency between characters.