I have been shaving with a replaceable straight for about 7 yrs now and have decided to switch over to a traditional straight. I just bought 2 razors from whipped dog, 1 honed and 1 not so that I can give it a try. I have already made a giant oops by buying a kreiger razor off of ebay, which was an adventure honing. the shave was much like using an angry cat to shave with only a little more painful. My question to anybody who can answer it is, is it roughly the same.