Hard to see that as a fail from a pragmatic standpoint.
True. I had to leave something up there. Had contemplated making a shavestick from a Haslinger puck, but the Palmolive stick was readily available so I went the easy route.
I shaved with Palmolive cream this evening. Having come off a month of the Palmolive stick I must say that the sticks lather takes a back seat to their cream. The lather from the cream was superior to the stick in every way.