Hi, I'm partial to a Gillette FatBoy or a Slim, both with an Astra SP blade. I use Astra SP Blades in everything. I also like a Merkur 34 with an Astra SP, but use a FatBoy most the time now. For soap I use Tabac or Palmolive. Sometimes I grab for a stick of Arko. But only in a state of nostalgia. That's about it. I am about to try Gillette black SP, am curious to see it's any different than the Astra.
Edwin Jagger DE89L with a Gillette Silver Blue blade. I roate a number of razors and use various blades but find this particular combo provides a nearly bbs shave. Whatever its faults, the DE89L is one smooth razor.
So far: Fat Boy: Med Preps Slim: Polsilver SI Super 109: Astra SP Super 84 *: Rubie Aristo Jr *: BIC Chrome Platinum Rocket 500HD: Rubie Rocket Flair-Tip: Rubie Wilkinson 'Sticky': Rubie 1940's USA Super-Speed: Treet Platinum Red Tip (USA)*: Rubie Tech (1960's): Iridium Super Razors marked * have not had all of my rotation blades tried in them. My system is based on each combination giving a top rating for comfort and smoothness then on how many shaves I got out of the blade. I'm currently trying my rotation razors with the Gillette Nacet so the above might change.
Here are pictures of my razors and blades in current rotation; the plan is to try each blade in each razor. A razor or blade gets added/dropped from time-to-time just to stir things up!