I am really impressed with this razor. I purchased mine from Top of the Chain for CA$50, so about US$40. (update: The Razor Company sells the gold model in the US: $40.) Maggard Razors has the razor in chrome for $33.
The razor is available with a comb guard (inexplicably called “open comb”) or a bar guard (which Maggard Razors calls a “closed comb” — ?? how do you close a comb?). I got the bar guard version, though I imagine the comb-guard model is equally comfortable and efficient.
The Rooney Victorian made a very good and honey-scented lather from Mystic Water’s Sardinian Honey shaving soap, and Lo Storto removed that along with the stubble with pleasurable action.
A splash of Planet Java Hive, and the day begins.