Bought my dad the new Van Der Hagen's shave kit little over a year ago. He had never touched it or even opened the box to check it out. loves to use the can gel, so yesterday he told me he had ran out and didn't feel like going to the store, so he remembered about the kit that I gave him opened it up and gave it a try and loved it know he has it displayed on the counter. so I'm thinking as soon as he runs out of Gillette cartridges he will start to use the DE I gave him. One more brush and soap user in the family