I agree with Holli and the bigspendur. I certainly respect and admire the manufacturers of new razors, and have bought from them out of principle. I want to support razor craftsmen when possible, I want to know good razors are still being made. And they are.

But as long as I can buy ridiculously fine steel vintage razors for less than $50 off the SRP Classifieds or eBay all day long, that are better than most new production, I will do so. That sort of thing is why I switched to straights in the first place.

I have only one current production razor (not a regrind of vintage steel) that meets or surpasses the clean vintage razors I have. But in fairness, that razor is a custom Butch Harner damascus, and I sure didn't pay $50 for it! It's as much a work of art as a shaver, but it's a very fine shaver indeed.

I honestly just get big-time satisfaction out of using clean, old, $25 eBay specials that I hone from scratch myself.