The difference is that Brad knows what he is doing...he uses straights & knows how durable, yet fragile they are. There are many who don't know squat about razors except selling and trading them. Again, this is why you have to watch out on auction sites & ask questions. The one I listed above, if you look closely at the pics, is in really bad shape & will have "rust tubes", just like lava tubes, all throughout the razor making it like Swiss Cheese. I wouldn't trade you any regular shaving razor for that one, I don't care what size it is.