@UKRob , your are a wicked man for providing me that link
. I ended up making a new order... Had some great contact with Sergej, and finally went for a 22-23mm, (I think that this translates to roughly 7/8") , transparent orange scaled, 1/4 hollow ground, hand crafted piece of Latvian artisanry.... ( 167€ postage included for my version).. I already own a Ralf Aust 5/8" so this will afford me a new experience.. I am interested to see the difference with this larger blade.
@hotmetal, I have the necessary equipment now, in terms of the stones, and have already began honing for myself, so I can avoid the problem associated with sending a razor away for honing . However, I wholeheartedly agree with you that if I had a set of 7, I to would have preferred to have different blade widths, grinds, materials etc in order to benefit from the choice.
It's a strange thing but now that I am become accustomed to using a straight razor I seldom use a DE. Now when I use a DE it feels almost too easy, if that makes sense almost as if the lack of the challenge removes any interest. Maybe it's just the novelty factor but I hope that it doesn't wear off...