I have shaved with a straight maybe 6 times now. My new dovo 4/8 came yesterday, and I honed it myself. I posted about that in the honing area last night. This morning I shaved with it, and it was the closest, most comfortable shave Ive had yet. My other razor, a vintage Gem 5/8 bought for cheapness from Whipped dog was what I had to compare sharpness to, so I made sure they were comparably sharp with the HHT, and this morning I shaved with the dovo. I found, though, that professional honing notwithstanding, the Dovo gave an orders of magnitude better shave. Does this make sense to other people? Although the cheaper razor was honed by a pro, the dovo still shaves better? Granted I took my time and honed it well, but still. Similarly sharp razors should give similar shaves, no?