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Just make it a puck, see post #12.

Bob

Yup, part of the charm. Every time I use Arko I am reminded that I have spent a lot more on a soap and have not gained as huge an increase in performance as the price differential should indicate.
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Thanks TC, but I wouldn't go quite that far. ;)

Now, back to the OP's brush. You have a brush you like the feel of so it would be nice, I think, to experiment with it as it should do alright.
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When you experiment just try and change on thing at a time so you can see if what you have changed is making a difference, good or bad. Make more than one change at a time and you are never quite...

Yes, hard soaps are different from creams and it does take some getting use to using them. You should be able to get the same slickness/glide from either. Even just in the hard soap group there are...

I have used boar, badger and synthetics with hard soap pucks and all do seem to work if you find the right technique for each type of knot. I'd try different techniques before jumping on a new brush....