Just honed and shaved with my Le Grelot Hospital (correction: it's actually a vintage Special Coiffeur)for the first time today and wasn't all that impressed. The steel was very hard and took forever to get the small chips out and get a bevel. And the shave was just okay. It's only a 6/8 but the thickness of the spine and tang make it feel really chunky. So far, I'm liking my vintage Henckels the best. It was easy to hone and the shaves are very smooth.