Quote Originally Posted by gugi View Post
Now that's a problematic assumption. I've had many bengalls and no current production bokers, but given the choice I'll take a bengall for sure.
Then there's quite a bit of misconception about honing. There are two limiting factors (1) the razor (2) the honing. A honemeister will consistently get the razors pretty close to their limit, but I'd rather shave with a dubl duck honed by a guy with a year of honing experience, than say a fromm or gold dollar honed by lynn.
Yep, I'm realizing I probably hold many assumptions that are inaccurate and potentially problematic

It is nice to know that my Bengal is at least 90% (probably 99%) as sharp as the Boker from SRD.

I just had no reference point really, so I'm having trouble defining "sharp".

The shave with the Boker and the Bengal have both improved with each use. I guess I expected my technique to improve at the same rate as with my DE razors. I think I had that down pat within a week or so. Now I can shave with a Feather in my Futur set to 6 (or whatever the max is). I'm sure I'll get there with the straight too, but it's definitely a longer learning curve then with a DE.