My break-even point is October, 2112.
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I wonder if your uneven bevel was original from the factory? If that's the case, I'm wondering if you just shouldn't send it out to a honemeister and have it fixed once and for all. I bought a razor (no name is apparent) new about 15 years ago. It came without being honed. I put the bevel on it and since that one time over a year ago, it still shaves like a bugger (meaning good)! I'm almost afraid when it come sup again for a new bevel setting, I'm afraid I may ruin it.
IMO yes, they are better in many ways not the least of which is that they are supporting a growing industry and helping raise the profile of straight razors and traditional shaving across the world. You are not just buying a piece of steel with a handle attached when you buy a non-factory straight, you are buying a philosophy.
James.
:hmmm: why do i have a feeling that one was directed towards me hnsb lol
my 100 year old Gustaffson shaved like a Mach3.
That's actually an internal rationalization/justification. It doesn't answer the OP's original question regarding performance, and the fact still remains that a $100 razor will shave whiskers just as well as a $1000 razor. Everything else in that regard, while pleasingly aesthetic, is superfluous.