Thread: VDH why not?

I don't think you can go backwards. When I started using shave soaps and a brush many many years ago, I started with Williams, and was fat, dumb and happy, not knowing what else existed outside my universe. I Probably tried well over 100 soaps and creams since then. I still have more than I need. It's one part of this hobby you can enjoy without spending a small fortune, It's not like a Jnat, or DGLP, or a custom razor...It's soap and the possibilities are endless.

I finally broke down, and picked up a puck of VDH, probably in Walgreens not too long ago. I was disappointed tbh. Now, calm down...That's me, and YMMV....It's one of the few soaps I don't use at all. It's banished to underneath the counter in the bathroom. I feel sorry for it. It's not it's fault. Between that and Williams, I'd have to give the edge to Williams. I guess you really can't go backwards....

Tune in next week to see what else is banished.

Balderdash,If it makes lather,it has water content,it will work fine,without lavender,or chamomille.or musk oil from female raindeer or puked up ambergris from a whale.

I've always seen VDH as the MD 20/20 of shaving soaps. It does the job and it does the job well, but there are much more refined products out there.

I am a Williams nut, always have been. I tried the VDH and did not like it. I must advise that my more recent experience is that investing in a tub of Razorock XXX is EXTREMELY more rewarding and is just as economical, if not more, than pounding cheap pucks and adding glycerine to make it work! I still use a puck of Williams as a rock on the bottom of the mug, no matter the soap! The Razorock is awesome. SRD has it! JMHO

In my brief time, I've tried a New York shaving cream, nice but pricey, Shart Shave, nice but pricey and VDH soap, nice but cheap. Weren't very comfortable shaving but I figured my technique would improve. Then I tried heating some glycerin soap from a craft store in a double boiler, adding some benntonite clay and EO's. End result was a soap that works well for me, slick and moisturizing. Aha, that's what it's supposed to feel like! Taking it one step further, I add a drop of liquid glycerin and a dab of the fancy shave cream to my cup. Whip up some homemade, transfer to the cup, mixt it all up and a slick, smooth uberlather.
Try it, it completes the golden triangle, good, cheap, fast.

Originally Posted by DGilloon

In my brief time, I've tried a New York shaving cream, nice but pricey, Shart Shave, nice but pricey and VDH soap, nice but cheap. Weren't very comfortable shaving but I figured my technique would improve. Then I tried heating some glycerin soap from a craft store in a double boiler, adding some benntonite clay and EO's. End result was a soap that works well for me, slick and moisturizing. Aha, that's what it's supposed to feel like! Taking it one step further, I add a drop of liquid glycerin and a dab of the fancy shave cream to my cup. Whip up some homemade, transfer to the cup, mixt it all up and a slick, smooth uberlather.
Try it, it completes the golden triangle, good, cheap, fast.

I rest my case!

I have had a chance to use it for about a week now. It work just fine for what it is, inexpensive shave soap. I have been able to produce a good lather and it provides pretty good glide. I prefer the Proraso over this and I prefer the scent of the VDH over Palmolive cream. I will be spending some time at Imperial Shaving in Madina in a couple weeks and will have to get a premium soap, you know just for comparison sake. I will keep the VDH around its not bad but its not great either suffice it to say it works. I do think it face lathers better than it bowl lathers alteast so far. I will keep experimenting. I love this shaving disorder.

Shart shave? That is a serious product?

No, that's a typo. Smart Shave

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i love vdh its cheap adn does the job with a fresh clean scent.