Welcome to SRP, if you check our wiki it is full of information useful to a new str8 user. I have no expierence with new Bokers but vintage ones are excellent shavers. The desision to buy new or vintage is a personnal preferance, however it is really cool to shave with a razor that is older than your country, and has been passed down for generations. (maybe even pass it on to your own children/grandchildren) Just my opinion. John