Interesting. Have a stick coming to me and looking forward to trying it out now.
Interesting. Have a stick coming to me and looking forward to trying it out now.
Arko is an excellent soap, some don't like the fact that it is so cheap, and has a certain smell they do not like. Leave the stick unwrapped for a few days or so, and it looses most of the scent. Afterwards, it is just a soapy smell. I said it some time ago, and I repeat it here again: if this soap was made by one of the famous English companies, and the asking price was something like $30 for a puck, it would be the holy grail of shaving soap....a "nice barbershop scented, excellent performing tallow based soap".
I always include a stick with my shaving brushes, so my customers have an ideas how a tallow based soap performs.
Arko is an excellent soap, some don't like the fact that it is so cheap, and has a certain smell they do not like. Leave the stick unwrapped for a few days or so, and it looses most of the scent. Afterwards, it is just a soapy smell. I said it some time ago, and I repeat it here again: if this soap was made by one of the famous English companies, and the asking price was something like $30 for a puck, it would be the holy grail of shaving soap....a "nice barbershop scented, excellent performing tallow based soap".
I always include a stick with my shaving brushes, so my customers have an ideas how a tallow based soap performs.
So many are acting like Arko is being discontinued. What gives ... is it really that hard to find?
Well, a lot of Canadians have reported that it's difficult for them to find an online store that will ship Arko to Canada, and when they do it's rather expensive. Also, many people are put off by the fact that if they buy a single stick online to try, they'll end up paying more for the shipping than for the actual soap, which can be a hard pill for some folks to swallow.
For anyone looking to try it, I'd recommend searching Amazon since it's got a ton of Arko package deals; blade packs, razors, brushes and so on that ship with a free stick of Arko.
I find the citrus part of the scent reminescent of Arlington- but I smoke, and smokers' sense of smell isn't always very good.
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I was thinking of the same. In fact, everytime I use Arlington, it reminds me of Arko
Also, many people are put off by the fact that if they buy a single stick online to try, they'll end up paying more for the shipping than for the actual soap, which can be a hard pill for some folks to swallow.
So many are acting like Arko is being discontinued. What gives ... is it really that hard to find?