Professionally honed - need advice
Greetings all.
Vendor names have been removed to protect the innocent since I might just be messing up :)
A few weeks ago, I purchased a semi-no-name vintage straight from a reputable vendor and it was my first straight. After awhile, I became very comfortable with using the blade (4/8ish) and decided to upgrade to a new fancier razor. Not for any real reason, I just wanted something that was nice and was mine from the start. I bought a new razor from another site which has a solid reputation and was labeled as being professionally honed.
Well, long story short, the razor I bought which is 5/8, is yielding terrible shaves in comparison to my vintage razor.
One thing of interest which I have noticed is that the vintage blade is much much thinner and feels more like a razor blade (DE razor type blade) than my newer razor. I should note that the new blade as well as the vintage blade is hollow ground, not wedge, near-wedge, or other.
So, my question is this. Am I just getting used to a new blade? I feel like the acclimation period should have elapsed to where I am comfortable handling the razor but I still find myself getting sub par shaves with the new razor. Could it be that the professional honing just wasn't right?
I've kept the sameish stropping technique, lather hasn't changes, soaps, preshave ritual, etc. are all the same. So any thoughts on what gives? If it helps, I can get great shaves with the vintage straight about 95% of the time. With the new straight, I can only recall one shave (out of maybe 15) which have been comparable.
Thanks!