Thread: Newbie in need of seasoned scuttle advice

How about this? In the UK too.
http://stevewoodheadceramics.co.uk/i...g-scuttle.html

I had a look at the Steve wood head one but on his website it says "keeps the lather warm for at least 10 minutes"; I take significantly longer than that hehe. From what people say the German one keeps hottest the longest due to the material its made from which was the deciding factor for me if anyone is going to over engineer a product its going to be the Germans

I use the #3 Largest Woodhead scuttle which keeps my lather warm for about 45 minutes. The bigger the heat sink (water volume and scuttle mass) the longer the lather stays warm. (Slower it cools). The Schwartzsweisskeramic is very well spoken on the forum threads. It is mostly a matter of physics.

My Woodhead scuttle and soap dish combo were acquired from the classifieds. I am confident that I would also have been satisfied by a large Schwartzweisskeramic, if it had been the product being offered for sale.

That's from tap water alone. None of them work well from just tap water. If you use boiling water to pre-heat any scuttle you will be fine.

That being said, I'd go with the larger one which has a higher water capacity

Originally Posted by SteveTheCanuck

That's from tap water alone. None of them work well from just tap water. If you use boiling water to pre-heat any scuttle you will be fine.

My tap water comes out almost at boiling point............actually Thinking about it I'm going to have to dial that down now the rug rat can get to the taps !!

Originally Posted by sheajohnw

I use the #3 Largest Woodhead scuttle which keeps my lather warm for about 45 minutes. The bigger the heat sink (water volume and scuttle mass) the longer the lather stays warm. (Slower it cools). The Schwartzsweisskeramic is very well spoken on the forum threads. It is mostly a matter of physics.

My Woodhead scuttle and soap dish combo were acquired from the classifieds. I am confident that I would also have been satisfied by a large Schwartzweisskeramic, if it had been the product being offered for sale.

That pretty much nails it. Mass and water jacket volume are the biggest determining factors of the scuttle. Start with pre-heating the scuttle and you are good for the whole shave

I thought about using my scuttle with boiling water, but I was concerned about the potential effects from thermal shock.

Has anyone experienced a crack due to heating a GP scuttle from boiling water?

A well made scuttle should be able to take boiling water.

Classicedge.ca sells scuttles and their instruction is to fill it with hot tap water, then dump it and replace with boiling water.
http://classicedge.ca/index.php?rout...product_id=708