As I go abroad quite bit I don't want to take a cake of shaving soap when I go so I am thinking of taking one of here shaving sticks with me but which one?? there is so many I know "D.H Harris" is a good name and so is the "TALAC" or so I have been told is there any others that I should look at it needs to have a good lather a nice smell ( I do like Sandlewood) and also it must fit in one of these stick containers if possible. Thanks for any advice Given
Shaving Sticks
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Palmolive - Euro verson
Any soap can be pressed into that container, "soap sticks" are nice but they're just more expensive versions of the stuff you already have.
Palmolive and Speick are my favorites.
I can vouch for Euro Palmolive, Arko, and my favorite so far, Speick.
Face lathering with a stick is my preferred shaving method. Fairly easy to get a good lather and less hassle while traveling.
Face lathering with a stick is my preferred shaving method. Fairly easy to get a good lather and less hassle while traveling.
Arko, definitely arko.......or Palmolive 
I gave up most of my sticks for pucks, but La Toja stick stays in regular use. Not heavily scented, it reminds me of being around the ocean because of the mineral salts in it. One of my best performers and it has its own container.
But, Chris, sticks are not that expensive, and you don;t have to use a bowl.
Gus
Depending on where you travel abroad ... I would scour the local drugstores and pick up whatever the natives are using.
Take along a stick of Arko just in case you can't find anything ... Arko is good anytime of year, anywhere you go. The others mentioned are ( IMHO ) seasonal soaps, and if you travel far enough, you'll find that the weather at your destination is vastly different from the weather you left back home.
Take along a stick of Arko just in case you can't find anything ... Arko is good anytime of year, anywhere you go. The others mentioned are ( IMHO ) seasonal soaps, and if you travel far enough, you'll find that the weather at your destination is vastly different from the weather you left back home.
Valobra shave stick would fit nicely in your container and also give you a great shave.
I use a vintage Williams container when I travel, it looks just like your container. I bought a Speick stick which fits fine but an Arko stick I bought later was too large around to fit. The Speick scent is great but the soap's performance was lacking for me. It just lathered thin no matter how much product I used.
La Toja, Valobra, and Speick are great products.
+1 And my ranking is exactly in the order Jim put them.
+2 to this - in that order as well.
My favourite shaving sticks:
- Valobra (#1 for me!)
- La Toja
- Wilkinson
- Sir Irisch Moos
- New Lea (w/ tallow/lanolin)
- Palmolive
- Valobra (#1 for me!)
- La Toja
- Wilkinson
- Sir Irisch Moos
- New Lea (w/ tallow/lanolin)
- Palmolive
Another +1 for the Palmolive, Speick, and Arko. All 3 sit on my sink and sticks are what I use the most anymore.
Jay
Jay
My favorite stick is the one I grate and put into a bowl
But saying that, the TOBS St James is nice
But saying that, the TOBS St James is nice
