I like Shave Stick, do you?

Do you like shave sticks?
How many do you have and what are your favourites?
I like them, I seldom use it, but that is about to change.

The ones I have are these:

Erasmic Old Stick – A Pretty good stick with a nice scent and a decent lather

Irisch Moos – A lovely stick with an interesting scent and excellent lather

Tabac – A decent performer, but I do not care for the smell.

Derby - Smells like Arko, but performance is not that good. Not my first choice.

Camelot Original – My favourite with an intriguing scent and top notch performance.

Camelot Newer – Smells like Arko, just not worse ( I think) and burns my face. Performance is good.

D.R Harris – Lovely stick with top notch performance. I used this on two trips this summer. One in May and one in July. And this stick managed to wring out a whopping nine shaves out of a green Astra blade. It could probably do another shave or two, but my trip ended

Palmolive – A great stick with a good scent and great performance

La Toja - A legend in its own right. Have a wonderful clean smell and a rich lather. A legend on par with the mighty Arko

GZD Berber – I do not remember, but I think it works and smells like Derby

On my wish list are Ogallala, Wilkinson Sword and Speick.

 

I've never used one, so I've no real opinion to offer on them.
I do have a Palmolive stick somewhere that I can try.

 

Only stick I got is Arko and I like it a lot
I also like short shorts.

 

I love the performance of Palmolive and Arko but hate the sensation of rubbing the stick on my face so I grate them into a Ziploc container.

 

+1

 

I have a few and I like them. That is, most of them.

Like & use a lot:

• Palmolive
• Tabac
• De Vergulde hand
• Arko

Don't care much (can't get it to lather properly, perhaps it's the water, I don't know)

• Erasmic

Not used yet so no opinion on them

• all other sticks

 

Same here. I have Speick, Irisch Moos and Arko all grated into bowls.

 

Palmolive is the only one I have tried. I really like the soap, but don't like sticks, so I mushed it up and use it like a "regular" soap.

 

I have a LaToja and a Harris lavender. They both are wonderful, the Harris delivering the same great lavender as their soaps. Terrific for traveling - small, self contained and no mess. I also use them at home on occasion, although not in the regular rotation, not sure why not. They are inexpensive and worth a try if you haven't.

 

I have Arko and Palmolive stick. I like both, both scent and performance wise. But I need to work on lathering Arko a bit better =)

 

I like them too. I use them mostly for traveling but I did go through a half stick of Arko at home a little while back. I'm getting ready to go on a little trip and a Palmolive stick will be going along with me. I've also got a new Wilkinson Sword stick that might go too since there's not much left of the Palmolive.

 

I like them. I have 3 that I keep on hand: La Toja, Speick, Palmolive.

 

I usually keep one or two shave sticks around for traveling, the others I tend to smoosh or grate into a mug or something.
My favorite shave stick is La Toja, I've gone though a couple of them already.
My least favorite was the re-re-formulation Erasmic, it was crumbly and I couldn't get it to lather for the life of me.

 

I've only tried Arko, and I never used it as a stick, just a regular soap.

 

Here are the ones I have.

1. Mike's Barbershop.
2. Palmolive.
3. Arko.
4. DVH.
5. Irisch Moos.

I should revisit them.

 

The new Erasmic stick is absolutely horrendous. It smells great but it is not usable at all. I get a lather out of it, but it only lasts for seven seconds.

I have an Arko stick myself, but like so many of you I have turned it into a bowl soap and more or less forgotten all about it

 

I love sticks. I like to mill soap bars and press them into stick containers. Vintage Williams, Stirling, Mike's, HTGAM, Cold River, etc. Loading directly on your face can cure lots of lather problems.

 

I like the idea of a using a stick and face lathering more than the actual practice. I never have found joy in face lathering. That said Arko is my goto shave soap now-a-days. As several people above have said, I grate, then mash my Arko into a small Ziploc bowl for storage and then bowl lather with it. I use a SS bowl off of ebay the same dimensions as a VDH ceramic bowl..

 

And I have problems with lather when I try to face lather. Bowl lathering cures those problems. Just sayin'

It's your shave. Enjoy it your way.

 

I only have the Ogalalla and love it! I kinda like rubbing that "stick o'butter" across my dome LOL