Question on Speick Shave Stick

[wtbryant]

I'm not a face latherer. I just get irritation from it. So, my question is simply whether the Speick stick is soft enough to take out and smoosh into a bowl?

Thanks!!

 

[Mick]

You may need to use a cheese grater on it.

you can find these at thrift shops an if you don't come across one, you can get a plastic one for $10 +/- online. $20 +/- for a metal one

 

[Cynomys]

The Speick stick is hard like a soap puck. It won't smoosh too easily.

One thing you could try is to take a pocket knife and shave off a thin slice of the stick into a lather bowl and go from there. I did this with a stick of TOBS once - just cut off a bit of the soap, drop it into my lather bowl and then lather it up. That was in fact my normal use of that TOBS stick.

 

[OldSaw]

I'm not a face latherer. I just get irritation from it. So, my question is simply whether the Speick stick is soft enough to take out and smoosh into a bowl?

Thanks!!

Have you tried it with Speick yet? It's supposed to be fairly non-irritating. If it irritates your skin the normal way, then I would grate it into a bowl, smoosh it down and use it that way.

 

[Mick]

I'm not a face latherer. I just get irritation from it. So, my question is simply whether the Speick stick is soft enough to take out and smoosh into a bowl?

Thanks!!

Have you tried it with Speick yet? It's supposed to be fairly non-irritating. If it irritates your skin the normal way, then I would grate it into a bowl, smoosh it down and use it that way.

I was going to ask the same thing but thought I might not get back to the tread to followup.

I "think" the irritation may come from the brush not the actual soap. Could be wrong but I would lean more to it being too much "scrubbing" with a stiff brush and not soap (unless the OP has some serious allergies to certain things that might be contained in shaving soap).

Using a shaving brush improperly can rip you up (mashing it down and grunting away on your face with a prickly dead animal)... Ewwww....

 

[Luc]

A cheese grater would do. Speick is too hard to crush in a bowl IMO. This would be right for your question: http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/How_to_mill_any_soap_into_a_container

 

[jwilock]

I used a grater on a stick of LaToja. Then smooshd those pieces into a bowl. You'll have to do the same with the speick. But it should make a perfecty useable puck.

 

[mctmatt]

Push it thru the Food Processor like grating cheese, then stick the Food Processor grater and container in the dishwasher. Bada Boom, Bada Bing...your done.

 

[GoodShave]

I bought a $3 grater at Walmart and turned my Speick stick into a shaving puck (pressed it into a glass dessert bowl). Works well.
I am enjoying the Speick. It bowl lathers well.

 

[dparish1952]

You can use a potato peeler instead of a grater.

 

[rand77]

I used a grater purchased at Walmart on my stick pf Speick, it worked just fine.

Put it in the freezer for 30 minutes before starting, and the grated very easily.

 

[Cholli]

You can use a cucumber slicer or a potato peeler and push the cuttings in bowl.

 

[cryhavoc]

$1 grater at the Dollar Store