Thread: The German Soaps

While I rarely use shave sticks, the one that has stuck with me is the Speick stick. I face-lather, and applying the shave stick seems like an extra step.

Of the shave sticks, I've tried Valobra, Speick, and La Toja. Speick won, by a lot.

La Toja was a total disappointment for me, other than having the best shave stick packaging there is. The solid, travel-friendly constuction, solid base, solid top with vent holes is just perfect. The La Toja soap itself, not so much. Hard to lather, questionable scent, and near-zero glide. Valobra was much better - better lather, bigger, slicker. So, I got the best of both worlds by putting my Valobra stick in the outstanding La Toja stick packaging. That solved the lame Valobra packaging.

But Speick trumped them both. Lathers very well, incredibly thick/slick lather typical of a tallow-based triple-milled soap. Unlike the bigger Valobra, it's unfortunately too small to pop into the excellent La Toja packaging. I use Speick for head-shaving frequently, because of the glide, easy lathering, and great scent. And to top it off, for some reason the Speick stick scent reminds me of really good doob. It just does, sorry.