Van der Hagen Premium 4 Piece Shave Gift Set

my husband really liked it. the brush was good and the shaving bar was softly sented

While the shave soap and dish are as to be expected, the brush is very low quality, espeically for the price. My husband used this for less than 2 weeks and large bunches of the brush started to fall out. After the first, it happened several more times until the brush was unusable. We ended up ordering a new set from a more reputable brand via Amazon. Unfortunate quality for Target.

I think this is a great starter kit for anyone

Very coarse brush, within the first month of using the bristles starting falling out in clumps.

It was a Christmas gift and my great stepson loved it. Exactly what he wanted.

It’s a great looking set and the shave bowl is very nice. The brush is a little cheap feeling and not soft at all but for the money, this is a great kit.

The brush is absolutely terrible, which is unfortunate because it’s the reason I bought this kit. A ton of bristles fell out the first use. They stuck to my face and had to be plucked off while shaving. The boar hair is low quality, very course, and doesn’t feel good at all on the skin. Really disappointed by this. Don’t recommend it at all.

Every couple years or so I buy one of these to see if it has improved. It hasn't. The soap for what it is is fairly ok. It takes a bit more work than some artisan nicer products to get going, or even a lot of classic hard soaps for that matter. The brush is pretty bad as it always has been. It is stiff, rough, and about the lowest quality boar hair you can get. It will rip your face up until it gets broken in if you like to face lather. Even then it might not survive getting broken in because you lose so much hair out of the knot. That is coming from someone who likes boar brushes. The mug is well, a mug and probably the only redeeming quality out of this kit as well as the cheap brush and razor stand which can be useful if you have another brush that fits it. Overall i'm very sad as someone who has been wet shaving for almost 17 years that this is what most people will find for their first experience and think that this is what you should expect from a traditional shave.

Make sure you only use it with the soap it came with

My husband wanted an authentic, quality at home shave experience. This kit was perfect for just that! The shave bowl is heavy and sturdy and the brush is full and the bristles are in tact after multiple uses. The razor stand is okay and effective,!but pales in comparison to the quality of the rest of the kit.

My husband absolutely loved it! Great gift for the men in your life!

I love it ! The only downside is that the brush hairs will fall out sometimes as time goes by more and more

Worth the price. I'm giving it to my husband for Father's Day because it's what he wanted.

Perfect gift for the perfect guy

3 stars for the stand, mug and shaving bar. The mug is very nice and heavy, the soap suds very easily and well, the stand is aesthetically nice and works great. The brush will begin falling apart the moment you begin using it. The brush fibers are very stiff and rough on the face and doesn’t allow a good lather. I suggest spending a little more on a higher quality real badger hair brush if you want to experience a comfortable shave. This one will irritate your skin. I was lucky to find it half off. The mug, soap n stand is very good quality for the price.

Primo quality and price.

These brushes have their knots falling out because the whole handle is hollow, so the base of the knot is only glued in on the sides, not the bottom. I had to fill in most of the handle and glue the knot back in, and now it's okay. The stand is sturdy acrylic, and it's the only acrylic stand I've seen that holds a brush and a razor. However, I think it's really made by Hans Baier and they try to make them fit either a straight or safety razor. There is a divot on the bottom of the stand where the razor goes, which is for a straight razor. That's probably why these stands don't fit both the brush and razor at the same time very well. They're trying to do double-duty with the razor portion of the stand, and the acrylic has no loops or up-turned hooks like you might have on a metal stand, and it's not big enough to fit the razor in next to the brush. I only use the stand for a straight razor, and keep the Van der Hagen safety razor elsewhere.

So far my husband seems to like it.

Great product. It is so great to shave with this and I never have skin irritation like I had when using cartridges.

Great product at a great price. Very happy