What does your minimalist collection look like?

Let's say 3 razors, 3 brushes, only a few blades and only a few soaps.

That qualifies as minimalist? Come On! Let's try:

Tradere razor
Custom made brush
l'occitane soap
Personna blues

If I had to narrow it down (which sounds terrible) and stick to DE's (just getting into straights) I'd say:

Razors:
Red Tip SS
Fatboy
NEW LC (I hate leaving off the Ranger Tech, but I need an OC)

Brushes:
TGN Finest in Ever-Ready 100T
TGN Boar in restored handle
VS White Horse in Ever-Ready 50H

Blades:
Astra SP
GSB

Soaps:
Haslinger Schafmilch
RR XXX

AS:
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

The soaps are the part most likely to change based on further experience with other soaps/scents

3 of each, not easy
Razors
Windrose SP-4 with Merkur-style head
Weishi 9306CL
Wizamet W-11 Adjustable
Blades
Zaza Super Stainless
Racer Super Class Platinum
Bic Chrome Platinum
Brushes
Unbranded wooden handled horsehair "fan" brush from China
Unbranded black handled dark badger "fan" brush from England
Unbranded cream handled best badger "bulb" brush from China
Bowls/Mugs
Hammered copper shaving mug from Turkey
Heavy white ceramic mortar bowl
Double layered stainless steel shaving bowl with lid
Shaving Soaps
Arko Bowl Soap
De Vergulde Hand Bowl Soap
Godrej Shaving Round
Shaving Sticks
La Toja
Tabac Original
Palmolive
Soft Soaps
Proraso White & Green
Monsavon Bol A Raser
Shaving Cream
Proraso Blue, White & Green
Aftershaves
Tabac Original
Williams Expert Aqua Velva
Floid Vigaroso

I own one brush, a Simpson Berkeley best badger.

I own four razors but use one about 90% of the time (ATT Atlas H1).

Soaps? I use Proraso Green every day.

Aftershaves? I use three... Aqua Velva or Skin Bracer the majority of the time and Old Spice occasionally.

Everything I own, ATT R1- Williams mug soap, marvy mug, Whippeddog synth. brush and med preps.

From the items I have tried, three of each would be:

DE Razors
Gillette New type
Gillette Old type
British Gillette Aristocrat Jr.

Blades
Derby
Lord Platinum
Gillette 7-O'Clock black

SE Razors
GEM Damaskeene
GEM MMTOC
Schick "G" Injector

SE Blades
PFTE blades from Connaught
Chinese "Chick" blades

Brushes
Semogue 1305 boar
B&B Charity boar (Omega knot)
Vie-Long horse hair
Shaving Soaps
Tabac
Truefitt & Hill sandalwood
Geo F. Trumper Eucris

Shaving Sticks
TOBS sandalwood
Arko
Palmolive

Shaving Cream
Geo F. Trumper Spanish Leather
TOBS Avocado
Proraso Blue

Aftershaves
Tabac Original
Pinaud Clubman Original
Geo F. Trumper Spanish Leather

DE Razor-Ball end tech
SE Razor- MMOC or 1912
Straight- Dovo 5/8 full hollow
Brush- Whipped dog 24mm high mountain badger
Soap- mitchells wool fat
DE blade- Gillette Nacet
SE Blade- Gem PTFE
Aftershave- Imperial Leather or a bay rum I haven't found yet (I'm looking for something special)

honestly that hat would make me happy. I sometime think about selling off my collection to go to a more refined setup.... Then I get on EBay and just buy more stuff

I'm a minimalist. I use one razor, one brush, one soap, one blade each day. I have numerous to choose from , but only one is used at a time.

Minimalist collection.
Merkur 34HD
Personna blades
Omega boar brush.

Stirling Bay Rum, Lime soaps
Prorasso soap
Palmolive Menthol Cream

Stirling Sharp Dressed AS
Stirling Spice AS
Pinaud Clubman Classic
Fine 'Merican Blend AS

A minimalist collection like that would be big for me. But let's say I had to pare it down to just one of each. At this point in time, it would be:

'70 Super Speed
Feather blade
Omega 49 brush
Either a stick of Arko, or in the summer a tube of C.O. Bigelow
Alum block
Witch hazel
Either a balm like Target's Marlowe 144, or in the summer a splash of Osage Rub.

If I had to I could go down to.

Soap
VDH Deluxe

Brush
Ogega S

Blades
GSB or Astra SP
Gem Stainless

Aftershave
Generic Witch Hazel
Aqua Velva Ice Blue or Skin Bracer

Razors
Yea, this is where I can't do it. I'm gonna have to keep at least a dozen SEs and 2 dozen DEs, and even then, I'm sure more would keep following me home.

I could get by with:

Fatip Piccolo; Merkur 37C; Gillette 1956 S/S Flare Tip.
Arko; Palmolive shave stick; Proraso Blue.
Gillette 7 O'clock Yellows; Astra SP; PolsilverSI.
Semogue 620 (don't use anything else these days).
Pinaud Clubman.
Neutrogena Comfort Balm.
Noxzema.

And to be truly minimalist, I'd play Steve Reich's Four Sections while shaving as well.

Razors
ATT Kronos M2
ATT Atlas R1
Merkur Futur

Blades
Gillette 7OC Yellows (sharp edge)
Astra SP
GSB

Shave Creams
Proraso green
Proraso blue
TOBS Jermyn St.

Brush
Muhle synthetic fiber v2
Semogue Owners Club boar
Razorock plissoft

Post shave
U.K. Executive Shaving ASB
Fine AS platinum
Thayers alc free WH cucumber

wow, three of each? I'd keep my Gillette Super 109, Gillette NEW OC, and my Merkur 37c. For brushes my Delong Silvertip, Plissoft Monster and Vie long horsehair. For blades I'd keep the Gillette Silver Blue, German Wilkinson and Personna Lab Blue and finally for soaps I'd keep Tabac, MWF and Arko.

Inverted555 said:

Let's say 3 razors, 3 brushes, only a few blades and only a few soaps.

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I'll go two of each;
Razors
EJ De89 barley grip
Muhle R41

brushes
Omega 11648 boar
EJ 21p36 synthetic

blades
Astra SP
Feather

Soap
DR Harris Marlborough
Proraso green

Three of each is minimalist? Ha...okay:

PSL- Proraso, Lush Kalamazoo, EJ PSL

Brush- Semogue 620, EJ Best and Monster Plissoft

Razor - THB SR71 Slant, RR Classic TTO and EJ DE89

Soap- L'Occitane Cade, Stirling MITA and AOS Sandalwood

Blade- GSB, Astra, Gillette 7 o'clock

ASB- Nivea, Pre de Provence, L'Occitane Cade

AS- Fine Clean Vetiver, Pinaud Clubman, Lime Sec

Hmm...I always considered minimalist to be just one of each item but I know that's a difficult pill to swallow for many of us. But here would be my setup...

DE Razor: Merkur 34c
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Straight: Portland Razor Co. Leviathan
Brush: Simpson Duke 3
Soap: Fine American Blend
Cream: Speick
Aftershave: Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel and Fine American Blend

I like this.
My turn, I chose there of everything, if only one item, first of the list:

Soaps: LPL Rose, Tabac, Occitane Cade
Brush: Simpson Chubby 3 Manchurian, BBS Silvertip, BrushGuy Synth
Blades: Permasharp, Personna Platinum, GBE NOS
Razors: Wolfman OC, ATT S1, Rockwell 6S
AS: Tabac, Old Spice, Occitane Cade

Razor: ATT Kronos M1, R1 and Muhle R89 Rose Gold
Cream/Soap: TOBS Peppermint, AoS Eucalyptus, MWF
Brush: GBS Silvertip 23mm, GBS Silvertip 20 mm, FS Silvertip 25mm
Blade: Personna Med Prep.
AS: Clubman Special Reserve.

I struggled most with the creams and soaps. There are so many more that came close to making the list, (and on a different day would have).