I recently shaved with my brother in law's modern R41, and I'm forced to admit that it's a really smooth and efficient shaver. His Timeless 0.95 is right up there with it for the quality of the shave. The Timeless is probably closer to the pre-2011 R-41, shave-wise. If it is, I can see why you guys wouldn't give yours up. ...I forgot about my Valencia slant. That would be a really tough one to let go of as well.