Favorite shave stick?

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FSword

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My favorite is Tabac. In fact I like it so much that I also use it (sometimes) in my daily shave (regular use is during travel of course). Apart from that, La Toja is also a very good alternative. If I'm away more than a couple of days I usually take both.
 
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Palmolive and Arko both work fine as a stick. If I am paying anything more, I'm buying a tub of shaving cream or a puck of soap, not a stick.
 
Burgundy

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I don’t currently use soap sticks at home but they are my preference when travelling.

Anyway, my main issue is that the majority of sticks aren’t packaged well for travel. For designs like LEA and La Toja, the cover comes off the base too easily. Palmolive, Valobra et al are uncovered and the foil annoys me. DR Harris twist-ups are flimsy.

Better solutions come from Tabac/Sir Irisch Moos and Speick - useful since these are two of the better performers, despite the foil.

My current solution is to DIY it. I took a sturdy deodorant stick with a reliable mechanism to be filled with whatever (relatively firm) soap I fancy. That currently means half a tin of Bufflehead. The shape works well for applying soap to stubble, the container holds up well to travelling, and it’s perfectly refillable (or replaceable). Winner.

 
Fozzie Bear

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La Savonniere du Moulin Shaving Soap Stick


  • Donkey milk shavng soap
  • Made with 30% fresh organic donkey milk
  • Made with the farm's own honey
  • Enriched with Bach flower
  • 99% natural ingredients
  • Minimum of 42% organic ingredients
  • Fragrant & delicate scent
  • Never tested on animals
  • 50g of soap in rustic wood travel packaging
£18.95


Check this out for a shave stick... probably want to be a bit he haww to pay that money for a 50g stick!
 
Shaverrific666

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Yeah Valobra followed by D R Harris (though poor value, great performance) and Tabac (Great value as you get a big 100g stick and great performance)
Other good ones are Palmolive (amazingly cheap) Arko (polarising scent) Speick and Wilkinson Sword.
 
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ronald

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Only used Tabac so far and like it a lot, kept it for travel although it is 100g and on the larger size in terms of shave sticks. When it runs out or if I need something smaller for extremely light travelling, I'll probably get one of these lip balm containers and make my own shave stick from my soap of choice

 
Mr_Smartepants

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ronald said:
if I need something smaller for extremely light travelling, I'll probably get one of these lip balm containers and make my own shave stick from my soap of choice

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That's a great idea!
Speick is my travelling companion. I have Irisch moos stick for home shaves, though I don't normally use a stick.
I just noticed that Tesco now carries a Nivea-branded shave stick. Not sure I'll try one, but it's new. https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/299424882
 
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