shave ready vs. new blades with that claim from a mfr.
I bought two TI's and two Dovo's brand new. One TI was honed pretty well but has camber to it and the other had gouges in the edge like the grand canyon when viewed under the microscope, I had to rework both of them. Of the two brand new Dovo's I bought both of them had edges that looked like they had honed them on 220 grit sandpaper and sent it out the door, the edges were nowhere close to the mirror finish of a .92 or .49 micron Shapton honed edge...I had to rework both of those as well...
I think a 'shave ready' blade is one that will pass the HHT...last night I got the .49 micron Shapton stone and i finally got the HHT to work with the blades i have...despite being very careful with the .92 micron stone, I could not get that to pass the HHT either...is this why Classicshaving sells the .92 AND the .49 micron Shapton stones? possibly...