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To Me, feathers are the gold standard,followed By Kais and Balzanos.
But have always wonderd,The sharper the blade,the fewer the shaves IME.maybe that fine precision edge degrades faster becuase it...

You have to define sharper/comfort/closeness of shave.Is no easy answere.

Do not think a straight can ever approach the sharpness of a quality DE blade.
That being said,Sharpness and comfort level are two diff things,My straights (for me are more comfortable tham my D.Es....