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You might find this thread http://straightrazorpalace.com/shaving-straight-razor/85921-hart-razor-shave-ready.html interesting and there may be others.

Bob

Another small bit of advice and that is not to worry too much about honing or learning to do so right away. It is usually more than enough work to get everything dialed in to get a really good shave...

Judging by the last line about the shavette being cheap and not giving the best shave I would still think it is your technique more than blade sharpness/shave readiness. They may be cheap but they...

I don't know about the new production ones but I have a vintage one that I honed up and it shaves very nicely. Sounds a bit like you need to figure out a your technique a bit for those certain spots....