Thread: Senior members, a question

I've noticed grumblings on SRP about Flavor of the Moment/Month (FOTM) straight razor shaving items. To wit, re: Wade and Butcher Barbers and DublDuck Wunderedge blades.

But these trends ebb and flow, often on the order of months, and are emergently replaced by the next trend.

Ultimately, the fact that these items are so fungible suggests that they are only elevated from "somewhere above average" to "exemplary" for the moment, and when that moment is over, these items revert back to their proper berth.

However, in some cases there are items that are true champions of their contextual raison d'être that truly are exemplary (i.e. 3M sandpaper; I know it's a weak example, spare me).

So, in the most roundabout way possible, all else being equal (the honemeister, the brush, the strop, the lather, etc. minus the razor itself), are there blades that belong to the latter of the two categories? or are most blades (from sheffield or solingen), regardless of brand, comparable if properly honed and stroped and the face properly lathered?

Thanks in advance.