Got them from Shaving Market when i was restocking my blades. Both are 75g soap sticks, made in Turkey apparently and I've read that Derby is made by the same company as Arko, but not sure if that's true.
The Arko stick had a pretty strong, sharp lemon smell when first opened but it quickly faded. It's pretty faint now. It doesnt smell like urinal pucks at all...smells too sharp and synthetic though. Couldn't smell it when I was shaving with it anyway.
The Derby has a weird smell. It's like a mix of soap + lemon, a very strong soapy smell with a faint trace of lemons. Like the Arko, it smells too sharp and synthetic.
I tried shaving with the Arko today, wet my face, wet the stick, tried applying the stick to face...and got pretty much nothing. Just a few white spots even though I was frantically rubbing the stick into my face. I ended up rubbing the stick into the lid of my shaving tin and using a brush to make a lather, but the lather felt too thick and dry and it wasn't a good shave. Am i doing something wrong?
I also read that the Arko stick is pretty soft and easy to mash into a puck, but the one I have is rock hard...
The Arko stick had a pretty strong, sharp lemon smell when first opened but it quickly faded. It's pretty faint now. It doesnt smell like urinal pucks at all...smells too sharp and synthetic though. Couldn't smell it when I was shaving with it anyway.
The Derby has a weird smell. It's like a mix of soap + lemon, a very strong soapy smell with a faint trace of lemons. Like the Arko, it smells too sharp and synthetic.
I tried shaving with the Arko today, wet my face, wet the stick, tried applying the stick to face...and got pretty much nothing. Just a few white spots even though I was frantically rubbing the stick into my face. I ended up rubbing the stick into the lid of my shaving tin and using a brush to make a lather, but the lather felt too thick and dry and it wasn't a good shave. Am i doing something wrong?
I also read that the Arko stick is pretty soft and easy to mash into a puck, but the one I have is rock hard...