I have Arko, Speick, Palmolive, and La Toja sticks (I should say, had). The first three were grated into little ramekin cups early on with the Zyless cheese grater. Arko, didn't seem to love holding its shape (looked like a dry lake bed and little chunks kept coming off) so I replaced it with I puck when I learned about them. The Speick and Palmolive were easy to grate and mold into the cups and have held their shape in the years since. I have replacement sticks for when the time comes.
The La Toja has been in my shaving cabinet for at least a year and while I love its fragrance and lather quality, I just didn't like using it as a stick. I go to find the Zyliss grater and my wife tells me it's at the other house and, as we're going to town later, I could pick it up then. Too impatient so I came across the thin disc method posted here and elsewhere in the past and that's what I did. Added a wee bit of hot water and used my thumbs and, finally, the back of a plastic spoon which I modified by cutting off the handle so I could really press it down and shape the surface. Seems to have worked fine. Planning to shave with it later.
OK, work for the day completed. Back to goofing off.
The La Toja has been in my shaving cabinet for at least a year and while I love its fragrance and lather quality, I just didn't like using it as a stick. I go to find the Zyliss grater and my wife tells me it's at the other house and, as we're going to town later, I could pick it up then. Too impatient so I came across the thin disc method posted here and elsewhere in the past and that's what I did. Added a wee bit of hot water and used my thumbs and, finally, the back of a plastic spoon which I modified by cutting off the handle so I could really press it down and shape the surface. Seems to have worked fine. Planning to shave with it later.
OK, work for the day completed. Back to goofing off.