A bit of a hijack... Did you move from Gold Seals to Paramount? If so, how did it affect your spins? I replaced stolen skates that had Gold Seals with a new pair (both sets of boots were custom from the same fitting) that had Paramount 440’s, and my spins got worse and never recovered. I’m not clear on why this is - my best guess is that it has to do with the difference in blade material...
I never skated on genuine Wilson Gold Seal. I went from Wilson Coronation Ace to Eclipse Aurora to the Paramount version of the Gold Seal. So I can't give you a direct comparison.
Some factors that may have affected your spins.
(1) Paramount takes great pride in carefully replicating the spin rocker profile and pick pattern of Wilson and MK blades. But, of course, even though Paramount uses CNC laser cutting, there is always the possibility of a screw-up on the spin rocker.
(2) The Wilson Gold Seal has concave side-honed blades and either a tapered or a parabolic profile (parabolic has been discontinued). Paramount does not have any side honing, but is supposed to have a tapered profile (thickness near the pick is greater than the thickness near the tail). The pair I got actually has uniform thickness throughout the length of the blade. If you have a micrometer or caliper, could you check the thickness profile of your Paramounts?
In theory, side honing provides more bite, allowing deeper edges without slippage. In practice, I've heard some skaters say it does give them more bite, and other skaters say it doesn't make any difference. Anyway, if you got deeper edges on the Wilson Gold Seal, that could affect your spin entry.
(3) I don't see how the material (440C stainless steel vs plain carbon steel) would directly affect your spins. The material does directly affect sharpenability, however. The 440C stainless is more difficult to sharpen. If your skate tech does not have proper experience with it, he could leave you with messed-up edges or a messed-up spin rocker (sharpening problems are further aggravated by the fact that Paramounts don't fit in all skate holders for sharpening machines; and even if they do fit, the mounting is different from traditional blades).
Bill_S has a thread on a Canadian skate tech company called PBHE (
http://skatingforums.com/index.php?topic=8360.0). I find it odd that they say the following about stainless steel blades (
http://precisionblade.com/index.php/glossary/)
Stainless Steel Blades
Stainless steel blades have a chromium content that causes the steel to curl preventing a clean sharp edge. Due to this PBHE does not currently sharpen these blades. Stainless has the advantage of being rust resistant but at a cost of reduced edge control. Stainless 440 C and AUS 8 has other specific grinding problems that have yet to be solved by grinding specialists.
I disagree with this.
PBHE may have problems grinding high-end stainless steel blades, but these and similar grades of stainless steel have long been used for cutlery and for hockey skate runners. But
other grinding specialists have have learned how to sharpen them, as well as figure skate blades, properly.