Thread: Oh Arko....where have you been all my life?

Originally Posted by Dzanda

CAUTION!!!
Cocos nucifera = coconut.

I say "caution", because coconut is technically not a nut (it's considered a drupe).

Thanks, I was aware of that. FYI a peanut is neither a pea nor a nut, lol it's a legume....more worried about them

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

I've been meaning to try the La Toja shavesticks for a long time. I really must include them in my next soap purchase.

+1 on La' Toja. Very good stuff, smells great, and lathers very, very well.

used my arko on its own this morning. Scent had drastically faded, so all in all a soap I would always own because of the shave it gives.

Whatever it lacks in grace (packaging and, shall we say, scent) it more than makes up with price and performance. The stuff is remarkable. Excellent anytime; practically perfect for travel and face lathering. Scent is a funny thing. At first I thought it was awful but no so awful as to cancel my interest in the great performance. After a while the smell sort of grew on me (like fungus? nah) and I began to appreciate it. Besides - it vanishes with a quick rinse.

At the Asheville, NC, meet up this past weekend I was lucky enough to win a bottle of North's Cat of Nine Tails ("Feel the Burn"). From the bottle it reminded me of Anbesol medication and the dentist's office; I thought it would be a burning, long-lasting, cloying stink. On my face it turned warm and offered a sweet clove smell. It was neither long lasting nor unpleasant. Funny, shaving aromas.

I've been using ARKO for a while now , and I've really come to enjoy it. It gives a fantastic shave, lathers easily, and I like the smell, just old school shave soap. Great stuff and inexpensive.

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

Thanks, I was aware of that. FYI a peanut is neither a pea nor a nut, lol it's a legume....more worried about them

Peas are legumes too. So a peanut is a nutty pea

Wolf gave me a stick of this stuff. It lathers like WOW. Nothing faster, thicker, or smoother. My sniffer didn't find it offensive other than it does give off a lot of scent. Overpowering you could say. My best description would be ...."it's like shaving IN a soap factory".

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Wolf gave me a stick of this stuff. It lathers like WOW. Nothing faster, thicker, or smoother. My sniffer didn't find it offensive other than it does give off a lot of scent. Overpowering you could say. My best description would be ...."it's like shaving IN a soap factory".

Pups is right...I love me some Arko! It truly is one of the best for overall ease of lathering, etc. etc...Can't beat the price. I just can't see myself paying 50-70 bucks for MDC or other some such expensive soap. To me it's about choices:

I would rather have a $70.00 razor from the Bay that I can fix up into a nice shaver and a $1 stick of Arko than just a $70 tin of MDC any day of the week. Choices....

Besides Arko is versatile: I like to grate a stick of Arko into a bowl and then grate a bar of one of 'Mike's' pleasant smelling flavors into the bowl as well. Mix it and press it into a cake that will fit in a mug. Works great...smells great or at least much more pleasant than just the Arko soap smell alone, and lasts forever!

Add me to Team ARKO. I've been going through my first stick and find myself reaching for it again and again.

I'm almost sure that this is my first "tallow" soap. I have some yet-untried Stirlings that I'm now doubly excited to break out, if this is what a tallow lather feels like.

As has been said, the scent falls off noticeably once it's open a while, and what remains is (to me) a wholesome, soapy scent.

I'm with MisterMoo on this one, used it almost exclusively for a year or so because it works so well. The scent never bothered me, now I really like it and get the urge to shave whenever I smell it.