Hi Marco,

Welcome. Good to read your are getting better results. I used Vergulde Hand shaving soap long ago and I think it is not the best soap you can get. It is cheap but dries out on your face and becomes flakey before you can blink an eye (unless of course they improved its quality since the eighties of last century).

Your results will markedly improve when you get better soap or cream. Palmolive sensitive skin is very good, Gilette shaving cream in a tube is a good second. These are readily available everywhere in the Netherlands although the Palmolive is becoming harder to find. I myself use Proraso which is relatively easy to get form webshops. I am just about finishing one tube: you can have what's left to try if you like.

I live in Emmen, feel free to come and see me and take your gear with you so that we can see what furhter improvements can be made.