Personally, I have no preference, I enjoy the edges from both, but agree, I would give the "edge" to the Escher.
On another note of interest, I was just rummaging around my razor stuff and had a look at my Swaty Barber hone....it's called, "The Swaty" and on the box and the instructions, it says it was made by Droescher??? Did they make barber hones as well? A Barber's Hone with an Escher edge???