I'm new here and new to straight razor shaving.

I purchased a razor from Vintage Straight Razors which was supposedly "shave ready". I haven't been able to tell if this is true or not. My "shave test" has been less than stellar, but I'm new to this, so it could conceivably be technique. I've looked up a few methods for testing the sharpness of my blade and it seems to fail all of them. I want to keep practicing, but I'm not sure I am getting any better if my razor needs to be honed. Should I buy a new razor (so I can keep practicing) and send this one to be honed? Where should I send it to get honed, since it doesn't seem to make sense to send it to the place that did a poor job in the first place!

Anyway, I am looking forward to getting the swing of this and fully enjoying my straight razor shaving experience.

Thanks!