Thread: Arko and MDC

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

I have my soaps that I like, my post shave preferences.

I'm not going to try to change anyone's mind or convince them of my choices.

But I will challenge everyone else to really evaluate the soaps they use. Not the ones I use or prefer but yours.

Really ask how you feel afterward. You might be surprised at what is really working for you and not.

Precisely.

Over the years I tried many soaps and creams; some stayed permanently, some stayed for a while, some did not stay at all. Unsurprisingly, among the soaps I tried was also Arko, which never made the grade.

I am at the stage now where many discussions on shaving fora elicit a sense of "deja vue" and I prefer to stay out of debates that I have heard many times before. But the (to me) absurd attempt to compare Arko with Martin de Candre was a novelty.


Some shavers may be in dear love with Arko and consider it the greatest bargain on earth, but as far as inexpensive shave sticks are concerned, I'll take Palmolive shave sticks any time; but if someone should prefer Arko, it's certainly no skin off my nose.


And thank you; I think I am not going to take you up on your challenge, because I have been at classic wet shaving for too long and would rather pick from a long list of other products before I reach for Arko again. You see, for me a nice morning shave is more than just reach for some shaving soap that may adequately get the job done but deeply offends my olfactory sense.


Life is too short to drink bad wine - or shave with a soap you just do not care for.



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