Thread: Arko Shave Stick

Originally Posted by Grazor

The weirdest thing is i actually really like the scent, every time i smell it i crave for a shave.

I agree. I find nothing objectionable about the scent at all.

Originally Posted by jmsodpc

i use this one


Twist-up Shaving Stick Containers, 2 oz

Great idea, I ordered 3. :-)

Originally Posted by Raol

Agreed, Arko stick is most likely the most under rated soap out there next to Cella. 
.....snip....

Cella, Cella, Cella....
Yes under rated, yes it is. I might add that for me it likes an inexpensive boar brush.

As far a rewrapping Arko use whatever works.
For travel I keep my Arko in a zip lock plastic bag.
If handy I use an aluminum foil wrap.
In the shave den I toss it in a plastic butter tub
so when it drips, it drips where it can be cleaned up after.
If it will be a while before I use it I snap on the lid
so it does not dry and crack. If I am using I leave
it open to the air so it does not get too "soggy".

I have become a fan of kitchen parchment paper.
It breaths and tolerates getting wet. I wrap my
hones in it too (lets them dry slowly).

I'm careful to not get mine wet...which isn't that hard really.
I push it up from the bottom and apply to my face, sit it on the counter to let the tip dry, then push it back in.
Not sure how long the package will last doing this but I don't use it too often as I have other soaps and creams in my rotation as well.

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

I have become a fan of kitchen parchment paper.
It breaths and tolerates getting wet. I wrap my
hones in it too (lets them dry slowly).

Never thought of that but it seems to make sense to me. I'll have to remember that.

Bob

I quite like the Arko stick. It's not my favourite scent but to me it smells like the bubble mixture I used to play with as a kid rather than urinal cakes, although I can understand the urinal cake thought. I'll be keeping it around.

Originally Posted by Raol

Agreed, Arko stick is most likely the most under rated soap out there next to Cella. 
If you have not experienced a good face lather you don’t know what you are missing.
Quick and easy, and all of my brushes hold tons of soap for multiple passes.
As for the smell, I love it. Retro maybe but refreshing.
But I do have a question.
I don’t want to pack Arko into a bowl, to me that’s sacraligious,…I still want to face lather so how do you re wrap the stick?
Do you have a special container or do you simply re wrap in the original packaging until completely used up?
Thanks in advance,

I've used recycled large prescription medicine bottles for years. Most drug stores will give them to you for the asking. I must say, those purpose built plastic containers are way cool though. I may have to purchase one or two. I'm a big fan of Speick shavestick too.

I'll second on the Speick stick and throw out Palmolive and LEA sticks as excellent too. Shaving with a shave stick is simplicity at it's best.

Bob

I like a Palmolive stick too. I also got some Palmolive cream, that's really quite good too. I now put my sticks into a bowl after grating, but I used to just unwrap part of the Palmolive stick, and lather up, leave the rest if the stick as is, then just unwrap more as necessary.

Ed

Oh the sacrilege, grating shave sticks into a bowl. OK, I'll admit to pressing an Arko stick into a bowl once but I have since learned the error of my ways.

Bob