I went to the old time classic razor
I use a Merkur Butterfly best dam shave I ever had
The classic safety butterfly's are good ones to start with I think I may upgrade this next year
Make sure you get a badger hair brush a good $20-$30 ones work great (make sure Badager 100% and not boars it has to do with the way the hair absorbs water etc)
Man it does not matter I have the cup with the lathered soap; you can use shaving gel on the brush plain soap does not matter that brush makes a the difference I used all of that and still the best shave I ever gotten