How to make a shave stick?
- Thread starter C.Morgan
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Cut a short length (say around 100 mm) of pvc, aluminum or steel tube with about a 25 - 30mm diameter.
Grate your soap, then holding the tube upright against a smooth hard surface, feed the soap shavings into the top. Press down as much as you can to make room for more soap. When you have fed in the desired amount, insert a plunger which just fits inside the tube (a length of broom handle or even an old mechanics socket of the right diameter fitted to an extension shaft is fine). Tap the plunger down into the tube using a mallet or hammer to compress the soap. When fully compressed, invert the tube and tap the end of the plunger against the ground and your soap stick will slowly come out of the tube like a sausage out of a sausage machine. Trim the ends with a sharp knife to tidy up its appearance and voila! - your D.I.Y soap stick is complete.
Grate your soap, then holding the tube upright against a smooth hard surface, feed the soap shavings into the top. Press down as much as you can to make room for more soap. When you have fed in the desired amount, insert a plunger which just fits inside the tube (a length of broom handle or even an old mechanics socket of the right diameter fitted to an extension shaft is fine). Tap the plunger down into the tube using a mallet or hammer to compress the soap. When fully compressed, invert the tube and tap the end of the plunger against the ground and your soap stick will slowly come out of the tube like a sausage out of a sausage machine. Trim the ends with a sharp knife to tidy up its appearance and voila! - your D.I.Y soap stick is complete.
I followed Jim's excellent guide here:
http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/index.php/How_to_mill_any_soap_into_a_container
After milling I used a small wide mouth funnel and pressed the soap in to an empty Mama Bear twist stick. I used a piece of aluminum bar stack to make sure it was packed tightly.
http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/index.php/How_to_mill_any_soap_into_a_container
After milling I used a small wide mouth funnel and pressed the soap in to an empty Mama Bear twist stick. I used a piece of aluminum bar stack to make sure it was packed tightly.
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Assuming the EJ Sea Buckthorn is tallow then yep, grate and then put into twist sticks or a tube. I've used some old glue sticks.
If it's glycerin based then SLOWLY heat in the microwave and make sure the recipient container will handle warm/hot liquids.
Here's mine just for size comparison's sake:
56g Gentlemens Best, 40g Fidjit Twist-n-shave stick© Tabac and MWF, La Toja, Vintage Bakelite Shave Stick Container, Fiji Tallow Mennen
Then you can mill it into your favorite bowl like most people do with shave sticks anyway! WOOO!
Just kidding.
You might have mentioned that you already have an empty shave stick container, that would have saved Fortitude a lot of work
As long as your soap isn't tallow based, you can melt and pour it into the empty container. If it is tallow based, you need to grate it or chop it up and mash it into the container.
