The Nani 12k alone costs about $80. Not really for the minimalist. Perhaps you should just use DE/SE.
you're conflating minimalism with expense. your minimalism as listed has how many components?
you want minimalist? one razor, one stone set (Coticule works well once mastered), one strop, one facial lubricant. that's minimalist to the extreme.
a custom razor, a 300mmx80mm coticule and slurry stone or a quality sized JNAT and nagura, a Kanayama/Tony Miller/____ strop is minimalist, but not inexpensive.
and we had a member here use a GD66, Coticule (plus an Ark for awhile), Arko, a single brush, a single strop for a year straight, just to do it. that was inexpensively minimalist. he even had to repair the GD scales that broke during his experiment to continue it.
so you can have both inexpensive and minimalist, or you can have extravagantly minimalist.
but use the proper terminology to put forward your arguments, not argue against another's minimalism because it doesn't espouse your unstated/poorly articulated version.
Edit: you did refine your position later on. I can't quote your later refinement in this as an edit.
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