Just a short post to say I decided to return to the roots of my SR shaving this morning using the first SR I ever bought (a Hoffritz 5/8 purchased from one of their mall knife shops in about 1982), and Arko to lather with a boar brush.
I had forgotten how easy it is to whip up a perfect lather with Arko. That shaving bowl is about 1.5 inches deep and all I did to build that lather was rub the stick on the nubs in the bottom of it and whip away! It was the 2 pass shave I wish for every day!!
Given that I have a few unopened sticks left, I'm going to go to it more often as part of my routine.