I was perfectly happy with my Schick Super 2/Ultrex, canned Nivea foam/gel and a brush. I found this forum when I tried using some heirloom DE razors and wanted to know how to use them. Now some 300 razors later, numerous brushes, soaps, creams, blades, balms etc and probably thousands out of pocket, I wish I had have stuck to the heirloom razors and left it at that.