Hello -- I inherited my great-grandfather's straight razor (a "Gebruder" brand made in Solingen) that someone restored/honed for me a couple years back when I first began straight-razor shaving. I also have a Boker "King Cutter" that I had the same person hone (to ensure it was shave ready), and a cheap used razor -- again, honed by the same person. Based on the 50 or so shaves I've done (I don't straight-razor shave every day), the other razors are nowhere close to the quality of my great-grandfather's razor. I didn't expect much from the cheap razor, but am especially disappointed with the shave I get from the Boker given that it's also from Solingen. I've got to make multiple passes with it and the shave is still nowhere near as smooth as my great-grandfather's. I paid $100 for the Boker and I'm not sure why it's so inferior -- welcome thoughts from anyone on their experience with Bokers, and on other razors I should look at that are most likely to give me a shave appreciable to the one I get from the older Gebruder.