what exatly does a scuttle do? and what are the benifits. my friend and i were lookin at pics and she makes pottery and stuff and offered to make me one, should i take advantage of this?
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what exatly does a scuttle do? and what are the benifits. my friend and i were lookin at pics and she makes pottery and stuff and offered to make me one, should i take advantage of this?
Think of a scuttle as 2 bowls, a small one inserted into a larger one. You can fill hot water in between the 2 bowls.
The lather you make in it and the brush you rest in it stay warm in between passes. :)
Err, yes! :)
so you dont actually store your soap in it, you just make lather in the top bowl?. i will take advantage then
Yes, you make lather and it stays warm, as does the brush. :)
To store soap, you could ask your friend to make you a smaller bowl and to make the scuttle so that the smaller soap holding bowl fits into the scuttle standing up and upside down. That way, you can soften the soap.
Pretty much like the scuttles and soap dishes from SWK:
http://www.schwarzweisskeramik.de/images/s_94.JPG
http://www.schwarzweisskeramik.de/images/s_95.JPG
Scuttles were utilized around the turn of the century before houses had hot running water. You'd put boiling water into the scuttle and let your brush rest in the spout. Many vintage scuttles, like mine, have vent holes where the soap rests so that the steam would soften up the soap. They're an old ideal which still makes for a nice shave...:tu
There are also variations on the traditional scuttle now.
Here is a good review of the three major ones, Moss Scuttle, Georgetown Scuttle, Dirtybird Scuttle
A Wordy Review of Three Popular Scuttles - Badger & Blade
Once you go scuttle, there's no rebuttle :rofl2:
Interesting to read that the GP scuttles dont keep the lather warm - I didnt realize that, having seen them mentioned here more or less favorably. Sounds like that Canadian one is the one to go for? - Although that's small. What about the Kraut scuttles? They're larger - do they keep the lather warm?
i dont have any personal experience with any of them. I have read very good things about the Dirtybird and they actually just added one that is twice the size i think, which is good if you are a bowl latherer.
The only thing bad about the moss scuttle is the shipping from canada.
ordering a dirty birdy today !
I'm very tempted to buy the Schwarzweisskeramik scuttle, but I'm the kind of person who can't help but try to make my own version.
So far I have a good working solution: Fill an insulated food server with hot water.
http://www.g-ray.co.uk/pictures/foodserver.JPG
Mix lather in an old bowl I found in a cupboard.
http://www.g-ray.co.uk/pictures/bowl.JPG
Put bowl into water in food server to keep it warm...
http://www.g-ray.co.uk/pictures/scuttle1.JPG
However, I have stumbled across what might be the perfect component of a home-made scuttle.
Behold the "posy vase/bowl"
http://www.g-ray.co.uk/pictures/posybowl1.jpg
http://www.g-ray.co.uk/pictures/posybowl2.jpg
Available from ebay in widths of 5" to 8" across, with a 2"-3" well in the middle suitable for holding a brush, aren't these things just ideal for putting on top of an appropriately sized bowl for making a scuttle?
I've been using a Moss for over a year and I love the thing. Dr Chris designed it so that the edges were close to the bristles giving good heat transfer. It wasn't meant to have lather made in the scuttle. The Moss scuttle and the bowl Straight Razor Designs carries, the one that is tall with the angled top, are perfection to me.
I have been thinking about purchasing the brush scuttle from dirtybird.
reviews are pretty good.
Dirty Bird Brush Scuttle and Lather Bowl - Badger & Blade