Haslingers comes in small diameter (60mm) hard pucks. I'm sorry I didn't stick lather with it before "affixing" it into a small tin. I'll bet it would have worked nicely. There stuff is amazing, BTW - at least the Schafmilch variety.
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Shaving Soap Sticks are the Best.
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They can be made into a stick. Cella works great in a stick.
Jikoryen - also Turkish. same price as ARKO. Available on Bay.
Well, I've used sticks mainly for traveling. Pretty simple. But I also really like bowl lathering with a cream soap. So what I've done is purchase a small silicone collapsible bowl which packs up flat in my Dopp kit. With my synth travel brush and a small cream tube I'm set and it's a very relaxing way to prep for shaving.
I use a stick mostly, when I am away from home.
I do not rub it on my face, but load the brush directly, which is of course uncomfortable like hell.
I will try the 'bowl fist' method shortly!
I do not rub it on my face, but load the brush directly, which is of course uncomfortable like hell.
I will try the 'bowl fist' method shortly!
Interesting. I face lather about 95% of the time but every time I use a stick I go "eh, prefer a puck." Have smooshed most of them into tubs. Disclaimer: small sample size, there are many sticks I haven't tried.
I have to confess that the Stirling collapsable, slow feed bowl with the nubs has had my attention.
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I enjoy face-lathering! At home that usually involves lathering from a puck. While traveling I use soap sticks. Once you figure things out, either method is quick and easy!!
Not a fan of the stick. I grated Speick and Wilkinson Sword into a puck with Williams Mug for a tallow bomb Frankensoap. I kept La Toja intact, but never use it. Never understood the “travel” concept, as a soap puck is small and easy for transport. I do see a lot of love for the sticks here though.
Most any hard shaving soap can be used like a stick by taking it in hand and rubbing it on the wet face to get a thin film of soap. It can be made into a stick, of course, but not strictly necessary.
Tins like these are about 60mm in diameter, so also compact and convenient for traveling:
There are also shaving soap bars such as Ach. Brito Mogno, designed to be used in hand:
There should be some instructions in the Wiki for making your own sticks, too.
The shape and size favour the stick. These two parameters may be substantial in the travel context.
I agree with your theology and reasoning. I kind of look at it like when you go camping and need to build a campfire. It’s fun to learn how to rub two sticks together and make fire and feel the glow of self reliance and accomplishment. But don’t think for a second I’m not smart enough to bring along a ferrous rod, magnesium stick and flint, waterproof matches and a Bic lighter.
Same way with lathering. I love and really enjoy picking up a stick of Arko or La Toja, rubbing it on my face and creating an easy, luscious and copious lather. I even sometimes just take the same almond sized dollop of cream and rub it on my face before taking the brush to it.
And while I enjoy this, I wouldn’t want to start missing the also joy of loading my brush from a hard puck of soap; or building a lather in a warm bowl with cream. I have different razors because I enjoy all of their differences in the way they shave. I have different aftershaves because I enjoy the different scents and feel they bring to the finish of my shave.
Likewise, I enjoy different soaps & creams and the many different ways to lather all of them. For example; I just purchased a couple of bars of Acho Brito Mogno shave soap. Wonderful lather and scent. But the soap is shaped like a regular square bar of bath soap?
There are no directions on the box of how to lather your face with a shave soap that is shaped like a bath soap? So far, I have picked it up and used it as a soap stick by rubbing the edge on my face before lathering with a brush. I have also, picked it up; and just loaded my brush right on top like a puck of soap.
I have even taken it like a bar of bath soap, rolled it between my wet hands to create a lather; and then just rubbed my soapy hands on my face! Then rinsed my hands and lathered up with my brush.
I still can’t decide which way I like best! I think I enjoyed all three ways! I’m just going to have to keep taking turns and rotating how I lather just like when rotating razors, brushes and aftershaves….
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I much prefer pucks for face lathering, but one of my favourite soaps, Speick, only comes in a stick. So I have branched out more...
I’ve only seen one vendor carrying it and looks like he’s not selling anything right now
I still remember the excitement when I rubbed my first shave stick, Palmolive, against my whiskers and started building a lather with a Golden Nib 2-band brush.
It was sheer magic how quickly there was good, slick, cushiony lather on my face. For many years, I would workout at the local Y and use sticks for my morning shave.
Palmolive, Arko, La Toja, the blue Wilkinson were all terrific. Now I just bring a stick for occasional travel.
It was sheer magic how quickly there was good, slick, cushiony lather on my face. For many years, I would workout at the local Y and use sticks for my morning shave.
Palmolive, Arko, La Toja, the blue Wilkinson were all terrific. Now I just bring a stick for occasional travel.
I think some people like them because they comply with size requirements for certain products
No, they are not.
