They both can't give the best shave in the world. One has to be best, the other second best... This isn't the public school system where everyone gets a trophy just for playing.

/rant

I would go with the first one. I am not far enough into this to care about spendy collector razors. If the second takes that much more effort to hone, then it's not worth it to me, as my honing skills aren't that great anyway.

My opinion may (and probably will) change one day as I have more experience and a whole pile of great shavers. I expect that at that point I will be looking for more unique razors.