Review (5/5): Great performance, great value!
Smells clean like Ivory soap. Has become my go-to shave soap. Excellent lather, rich, creamy, slippery -- just make sure your brush is on the wet side; this soap likes water. Applying stick to face allows me to concentrate that initial waxy layer on sensitive areas for more protection. Applying to only about half my shaving area provides more than enough lather for a three-pass shave.
As to value, when compared to the Palmolive stick (the other low-cost, tallow-based stick), the Arko stick has more weight (75g vs 50g), but for less cost (at least via Amazon). I also find Arko has superior lather to Palmolive, though Palmolive isn't a bad product.
Arko offers excellent performance, good price, great value.
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