shaving stick

"My father had a shaving stick in an aluminum tube," he recalled.

Owing to their compact form and ease of use, shaving sticks are popular for use while traveling.

His tackle is basic - shaving brush, shaving stick, old-fashioned safety razor.

Shaving sticks (shaving soap formed into a cylinder) have existed at least since the mid-19th century.

Shaving sticks are typically used by rubbing the exposed end of the stick across the shaver's face, coating the face with soap.

Don Adie has a shaving stick which instructs him to "unscrew cap and push up bottom".

There were a few shavings sticking to the linen of his buff shirt and breeches, and he picked at them absently.

I bought a talc shaving stick from Electric Shaver Service (www.

Below is an extract from a 1957 advert for Imperial Leather Shaving Stick:

He flung the ball of paper across the tiny room, picked up a tin mug with his shaving stick and soap inside it, and followed Chrissie through onto the landing.

A pile of them as high as the ceiling towered at the far end of the room; in a corner was a heap of shavings stuck into lumps with frozen yolk that had dripped from broken eggs.