Please, help me understand this trend lately to grate, mash, or in some way transform shave sticks from their natural (perfect) form into something that will fit into a bowl. It was in the MWF threads that I first noticed the trend people were not happy with the puck to container ratio of the Fat, so they grated it to fit (tip: if you just soak it a bit, it will fit without grating).This habit of grating MWF, even though it was a puck, looks to me, to have started a trend (if not a movement), so that now, it seems the first thing many people do (and encourage others to do also), when they get a shave stick of any type, is to grate, mash or melt it. It's as if the idea of using a stick, as a stick, is not even an option.
It happens daily, across the board, from the elite European triple milled shave sticks, to small scale Artisan sticks, down to the drugstore specials (even Arko for cripes sake!). It appears peoples first instinct when confronted with a shave stick, is to reform it. I think that more and more, the shave stick is being looked upon as the red-headed stepchild of the shave soap form factors - and many are more than happy to apply 'a little correction', as it were.
My question is twofold : Why? And also, has it always been like this?
Now for the disclaimer: Please know that I understand a person can do whatever they please with their own soap. And whether I approve of it, like it, or even lose sleep over it, carries no weight. I get that, I really do. I'm just curious.
-s
It happens daily, across the board, from the elite European triple milled shave sticks, to small scale Artisan sticks, down to the drugstore specials (even Arko for cripes sake!). It appears peoples first instinct when confronted with a shave stick, is to reform it. I think that more and more, the shave stick is being looked upon as the red-headed stepchild of the shave soap form factors - and many are more than happy to apply 'a little correction', as it were.
My question is twofold : Why? And also, has it always been like this?
Now for the disclaimer: Please know that I understand a person can do whatever they please with their own soap. And whether I approve of it, like it, or even lose sleep over it, carries no weight. I get that, I really do. I'm just curious.
-s