Just a month or two ago I won a 5/8 Henckel off the eBay. It from all that I could see had never been honed or used. it was in the original gray plastic coffin less the cap and in the plastic sleeve with the little brown paper that comes with them. I got out all my hones and went to work. I used the 1-3-5-8-12K naniwa and finished on the Suehiro 20K. Stropped and then shaved. I was not impressed. Since then I have been giving a lot of thought to letting it go. Now I said all that to say this. Today I decided to try it again. it has been about 2 days since I shaved so this will be a good test. I got my razors out ( the henckel and a Solingen 6/8 ) and stropped both of them and set them up in the bathroom. I got my hot shower and lathered up with SRD Blood Orange. I really don't know what I did wrong the first time but this time the shave was great. It just goes to show you that you need to shave more than once before grading a razor. Now I still like the larger blades but the 5/8 is a good size.