Gotta be the best inexpensive soap

[BJJ Shaver]

My wife returned from NL w a little prezzie for me. She picked up a tub of De Vergulde Hand shaving soap that cost less than 3 Euros...about $3.25. This is a hard puck with a great fresh scent - in fact it’s “extra fris” (extra fresh) . I covered it w warm water while I showered and used my boar brush. This soap lathers like a champ!!! I easily had more than enough for 3 passes plus a clean up. Good glide and facial protection - face feels great.

On amazon it’s more than twice the price so nowhere near the killer deal I haven’t tried Williams so I can’t compare but it’s definitely in the same price category

 

[ksblazer]

Thanks for the heads up.

I've seen this soap mentioned as a good value soap before. But have never tried it. Sounds like good stuff.

 

[EclipseRedRing]

I work in Rotterdam quite often and DVH is available in most supermarkets as a budget soap. It is I believe one of the oldest shaving soap brands in production being available since 1554 although no doubt the formula has changed during that time. I find it excellent especially for the price; it lathers well although I felt it left my skin rather dry. I always think the packaging looks like a tub of margarine, but that's just me

 

[BJJ Shaver]

I work in Rotterdam quite often and DVH is available in most supermarkets as a budget soap. It is I believe one of the oldest shaving soap brands in production being available since 1554 although no doubt the formula has changed during that time. I find it excellent especially for the price; it lathers well although I felt it left my skin rather dry. I always think the packaging looks like a tub of margarine, but that's just me

Yes! It does look like margarine

 

[Marciano]

you have a link maybe ?

 

[Demolition]

I always think the packaging looks like a tub of margarine, but that's just me

I put photos of DVH and a tub of margarine side by side and they do look surprisingly alike!

Well, maybe it's not surprising. If DVH is a bargain brand, then they may have intentionally chosen a standard snap-lock tub from a packaging catalog to keep costs down.

Lots of companies do this, actually. In the wet shaving world, the one that comes immediately to mind is Fine Accoutrements. When they first started out, they couldn't afford a custom bottle, so they chose a barbeque sauce bottle for their aftershaves!

(Note: That's not the actual bottle on the right. Just the first one that I saw in a catalog. Pretty close, though! )

 

[BigJ]

Great review!

(Now I need to convince LOTH that we ‘need’ to visit NL so I can ‘save $’ by purchasing shaving soap!!)

 

[Type1]

(Note: That's not the actual bottle on the right. Just the first one that I saw in a catalog. Pretty close, though! )

Love the label

 

[BJJ Shaver]

you have a link maybe ?

Amazon.com

Here’s the amazon link

 

[Rusty Blade]

My wife returned from NL w a little prezzie for me. She picked up a tub of De Vergulde Hand shaving soap that cost less than 3 Euros...about $3.25. This is a hard puck with a great fresh scent - in fact it’s “extra fris” (extra fresh) . I covered it w warm water while I showered and used my boar brush. This soap lathers like a champ!!! I easily had more than enough for 3 passes plus a clean up. Good glide and facial protection - face feels great.

On amazon it’s more than twice the price so nowhere near the killer deal I haven’t tried Williams so I can’t compare but it’s definitely in the same price category

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This looks like a great deal! Thanks for posting.

 

[steveclarkus]

My wife returned from NL w a little prezzie for me. She picked up a tub of De Vergulde Hand shaving soap that cost less than 3 Euros...about $3.25. This is a hard puck with a great fresh scent - in fact it’s “extra fris” (extra fresh) . I covered it w warm water while I showered and used my boar brush. This soap lathers like a champ!!! I easily had more than enough for 3 passes plus a clean up. Good glide and facial protection - face feels great.

On amazon it’s more than twice the price so nowhere near the killer deal I haven’t tried Williams so I can’t compare but it’s definitely in the same price category

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Williams is an American icon but I wouldn’t go out of my way to acquire it. Lathering is problematic and it has a tendency to dissipate on your face quickly. I use it from time to time but it isn’t the equivalent quality of what you are describing.

 

[MrSmith83]

It's a good soap and used to get more talk than it currently does. I feel like there used to be more dutch posters at one point...

 

[EL Alamein]

I used it more than a decade ago. Yes it lathers well. The scent reminded me of New West, a scent from the 1980's but my memory may be off.

In the end the scent didn't agree with my skin, rather strong if I recall. Can't use it because of that.

Chris

 

[samhain666]

IMHO nothing beats Palmolive stick in terms of price and performance but hey YMMV

 

[abj]

My wife returned from NL w a little prezzie for me. She picked up a tub of De Vergulde Hand shaving soap that cost less than 3 Euros...about $3.25. This is a hard puck with a great fresh scent - in fact it’s “extra fris” (extra fresh) . I covered it w warm water while I showered and used my boar brush. This soap lathers like a champ!!! I easily had more than enough for 3 passes plus a clean up. Good glide and facial protection - face feels great.

On amazon it’s more than twice the price so nowhere near the killer deal I haven’t tried Williams so I can’t compare but it’s definitely in the same price category

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Regurarly it's a special price 1 + 1 free.
Summer 2018 they were still €1,75 they were in special price at my local grocery so I bought 10 of them, 10 tubs for €8,75