Erasmic shave stick

Andrew, that's not Erasmic. That's Boots shaving stick, an entirely different soap.

As for sticks, Palmolive is great. La Toja and Wilkinson, for me, are as good as Palmolive and equally inexpensive.

And Freddy is right, Erasmic had a tallow formula. They switched to a veggie formulation that generated so many complaints that they went back to the old tallow formulation (this was around 2011). Not a bad soap, but there are better sticks out-there, IMHO.

Just to add, both Erasmic and Palmolive sticks are incredibly inexpensive in the U.K.  In Scotland, I have paid as little as 45p (US 59¢) in small out of the way pharmacies.  Even a major player like Boots does not charge outlandishly for these.

As for Boots's house brand of shaving cream or stick, I would not recommend them because there is better out there.  Palmolive (in both shave cream and stick form) comes to mind.  Far superior and considerably less expensive, even at a Boots Pharmacy.

I have an old tallow Erasmic shave stick that I use occasionally for travel [shows how much use it gets!].

Decent performance but in addition to the other recommendations, I would also throw Valobra in the mix. Little more expensive but fantastic performance.

Andrew that stick you're holding up says boots

Aw, you're right! Good catch.

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The Erasmic stick I have is the new red box and like I said I couldn't get a stable lather from it, and when grated it turned to powder. Not a product I would recomend by any means.

I got it as a sample. I threw the box away but if I remember correctly the box was black. Is that the old stuff?

The red stuff,the new one,is a bad soap!!!
It says it contains tallow so it seems there are soaps with tallow that are crap.A myth just busted!!!
It makes a thin lather that dissipates quickly although a slim and slick layer remains on the skin.
You can shave with a friendly blade and a mild razor but that's all.
Throughout the shave you have to worry not to cut yourself.
The scent is very very pleasant but is on the milder side.I suppose it scores a 4/10 in terms of strength.