Thanks for the advise,

The first one I purchased from vintage blades, its a Thiers Spartacus. The note it came with said it was pre honed. The second I purchased off flea bay and I figured it wouldn't be shave ready out of the box.

With my last order I went through SRD and added another Dovo to the collection. Its the lower end but its the only one they had in white and I wanted to add a white one to the collection. This one was pre honed so I will be able to judge a true shave ready blade.

Sounds like I have all the tools in place now to be on the right track, I have no doubt I will get the honing down and they will all be in rotation very soon.

Thanks all for the advice and suggestions. What the hell did we all do before the interwebs and forums