Cult of Arko

**Brewshooter** · 08-01-2012, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by vferdman

If Arko Man tells you to drink Kool aid, you will. Trust me.

What flavor is this Kool Aid?!?!

**zirrow** · 08-01-2012, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Brewshooter

What flavor is this Kool Aid?!?!

Lemon Pez

**jsj_297** · 08-01-2012, 03:24 PM

Sometimes my arko man cheers me on in between passes.......

**Uncle Brian** · 08-01-2012, 03:58 PM

Arko man is like Chuck Norris he has a name but his Mum is too scared to tell him what it is.

So now the Arko man myth begins

**cb91710** · 08-01-2012, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by vferdman

Accumulating cobwebs on your others shaving soaps

Oh man.... I looked at my cake of MWF last night and I couldn't believe how much it had shrunken.
I actually flooded the bowl and put it back in the cabinet.

Ordering a 12+3 deal on Amazon just to give some to other wet shavers

Guiltly... kinda. I bought the 15 for me, but ended up PIFing 2 of them.

**cb91710** · 08-01-2012, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by vferdman

If Arko Man tells you to drink Kool aid, you will. Trust me.

Police often question him, just because they find him interesting

He speaks fluent French, in Russian

He once had an akward moment, just to see how it feels

He lives vicariously through himself

Even his enemies list him as their emergency contact

He owns 4 sports cars, and rents 5

His personality is so magnetic, he is unable to carry credit cards

He never say’s anything taste like chicken… Not even chicken

Every time he goes for a swim, Dolphins appear

He once challenged his reflection to a staring contest, and on the third day he won
He once beat Gary Kasparov at Chess, with his left hand
He once traveled to and explored the Virgin Islands, when he left they were just “The Islands.”
He is the only person Chuck Norris has apologized to.
He counts his chickens before they hatch, and they always hatch.
He once asked a woman to say ‘NO’ to him, so he could understand rejection.
He considers the practicing of any skill to be a form of cheating, He only needs to do it once to be an expert.
The pheromones he secretes affect people miles away… in a slight, but measurable way.
He was the featured man at a bachelorette auction, he brought in over 13 million euro, under the table.
He can make orange juice, out of apples.
His charm is so contagious, vaccines we’re created for it.
Years ago, he created a city out of blocks. Today over 600,000 people live and work there.
He is so gentle with women, yet some faint at his touch
He is always on the right side of the tracks, even if he crossed to the other side, he’d still be on the right side.
Mike Tyson refused to fight with him
He once sent $1000 to a Nigerian scammer, and actually received his $5 million share of the loot.
Michael Jackson learned to Moon Walk from him

**jsj_297** · 08-01-2012, 07:20 PM

I dont always shave with a soap.....But when I do, I prefer to shave with Arko......Stay well hydrated my friends....lol

**BroJohn** · 08-02-2012, 04:57 AM

Originally Posted by jsj_297

I dont always shave with a soap.....But when I do, I prefer to shave with Arko......Stay well hydrated my friends....lol

...oooh, that's good.

-- John Gehman

**JoshuaNY** · 08-02-2012, 06:45 AM

Good show CB and JSJ! Well played

**britewhiteram** · 08-02-2012, 07:02 AM

In soviet Russia, Arko shaves with you!

**Chicago** · 08-02-2012, 08:54 AM

I experienced the Arko aroma for the first time last week...as soon as it arrived, I unwrapped it and took a long, deep whiff: I too thought it smelled like motel soap. Not the best smell in the world, but far from offensive. The next day, I smelled it again, and totally agree with the Ivory soap analogy. A very simple, clean smell...I could feel it growing on me.

I loaded my brush with it, then used that brush to make a superlather with Proraso Red...holy crap, the lather was so thick, and quickly overflowed my bowl. I slopped a good half-inch-thick layer of the superlather onto my face, and had a fantastic WTG first pass. Then I went to whip up some more lather, and it started to overflow again! Another extra-generous layer on my face, another excellent WTG pass.

Since I just started DE shaving a couple weeks ago, I've just been doing two WTG passes, blade-buffing my neck for the second pass, and ending up with some CCSes. But there was still so much lather in the bowl, I decided to go for a third pass, XTG...smooooooooth. Just for fun, I tried whipping up some more lather with just what was in the brush, and quickly got enough for a fourth pass, so I thought, what the hell, let's go ATG and see what happens...thanks in large part to the Arko/Prorasa superlather, I experienced my first BBS shave. No redness or burning, no nicks or weepers...it was awesome.

Yesterday, I decided to try my hand at face lathering using just the Arko...I was in shock at how a wet brush and the smallest amount of elbow grease turned a thin film of soap into a thick, luxurious lather! And there was easily enough left in the brush for a second pass. And after just those two WTG passes (for the second pass, I buffed everywhere, not just the neck), I would classify my shave as somewhere between CCS and DFS.

In summary, I'm ready to be inducted into the Cult of Arko, if you'll have me.

**ono** · 08-02-2012, 10:04 AM

I have a similar experience to Chicago, Since I started I have almost exclusively used The Real Shave cream, I love the smell (I crave it during the day

). I tried Arko and the smell was, as some user has said in the past akin to swimming pool disinfectant, however it foams like a dream, and way thicker than TRSC or Palmolive, and the smell.. well it's pungent but it sort of grows on you. I am rather taken by it although TOWMBO has forced me to move to the second bathroom. Also using and loving my cheapo and cheerful turkish horse brush, which is the perfect companion.

**cryhavoc** · 08-02-2012, 10:21 AM

Another day of Arko magic

**vferdman** · 08-02-2012, 10:39 AM

I confess. I don't use Arko every day. I use Palmolive stick, which is also good, almost as good as Arko and Cella in the little red tub, which I love as much as Arko. I also use some other soaps occasionally, but most of the time it's Arko, Cella and Palmolive stick. If these were the only 3 shaving soaps on Earth I would be fine with it. Arko, however, is the least expensive of the bunch and totally on par or better than the pricier options. Amazing! Plus, the Arko Man, of course. No other soap has that.

**ono** · 08-02-2012, 10:46 AM

oh, the Arko man! such poise, such vintage elegance..such je no se quoi

**cubfanbob** · 08-02-2012, 10:52 AM

Ever since I mashed two sticks of Arko into an 8 oz. Pyrex bowl a couple months ago, it's been my everyday soap. Quick, consistently voluminous lather. What else do you need?

**brother cavefish** · 08-02-2012, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Ray Settanta

Amazon has 15 pieces for $19.83 I want the deal but I could never use them all.

sell the rest, i can almost guarantee they would be gone if the price is right , i will take 2 right now

**Brewshooter** · 08-02-2012, 11:03 AM

Used it for the first time last night. I think the Arko Man is going to have a permanent home in my shaving cabinet!

**GregDR** · 08-02-2012, 11:57 AM

Arko is one of the only soaps I'll periodically drop by the bathroom to sniff.... lol

**JoshuaNY** · 08-02-2012, 01:29 PM

So, there I was whipping up some Arko this morning the Arko Man and I were having a chat. And I asked him if he has ever been part of a superlather. In an abashedly manner he told me that some shavers do in fact use Arko to create a superlather. I was intrigued, however, my Lather was quickly ready to go and I had to get down to business. So I did not ask him what people have superlathered with and how he felt about the whole thing.

I am curious if there are any Arko superlatherers out there? And how does the Arko Man feel about such things?