[Update: Van Der Hagen was purchased by United Beauty and the assets moved to Chicago, IL in 2016] The small town of Liberty Hill, Texas is home to a big player in the wet shaving world: Van Der …
Send In The Clones?
Happily for thrifty shavers in the US, "old school" double-edge safety razors are starting to show up in mass-market retail outlets like Walmart, Target, and similar. I'm seeing two razors in fairly …
Country Uncle Deluxe Shaving Soap
Country Uncle shave soap is the "house brand" of AmazingShaving.com, a wet shaving retailer in Texas. I got a puck if their Deluxe shave soap a while back and noticed that it kind of looked familiar. …
Sneak Peek: 4 Van Der Hagen Glycerin Face Soaps
I doubt there's an old school wet shaver in the U.S. that hasn't at least heard the name Van Der Hagen. VDH shaving soap can be found at almost any grocery or drug store. Now they want to take that …
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16 Inexpensive Product Entries Into Traditional Wet Shaving
Sometimes I see people get interested in traditional wet shaving but balk when they see some of the prices. Never mind that those prices are very low over the long-run: the "fence-sitters" don't want …
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Van Der Hagen At Target (US)?
I've seen rumblings on the shave forums that the Van Der Hagen "Luxury" shave products, previously only available on Amazon, have been sighted at some Target stores in the US. Others have not seen it …
