Thread: Bowls

I would tend to agree with you on that one.

I was using a stainless steel bowl for mixing lather from my creams, but I found it hard to keep the lather warm by the time it hit my face. Plus the material just didn't quite feel right to me, so I went back to ceramic which I soak with my brush in hot water to get the desired lather temperature. I think it's more about preference and what suits your ritual than anything else. I might move to clay and see what that feels like.

X

I use an Ayar's bowl. I find that it works well, but i wish it were a bit deeper. I find that the lather is always trying to get out of the bowl when im making my lather.

Most things bowl/mug related seemed tied to a couple things. Is it big enough to make lather? For a cream, you gotta do a lot of whipping, so something a bit bigger can be nice.

Will it hold a nice temperature? For that yummy warm lather. In that case, clay and ceramics definitely have the edge, then there's wood, not bad, but metal, unless it's good and thick, not so much. There's a lot of guys who will flood the sink with warm water though and put the bowl/mug in that to keep it warm, and then metal makes perfect sense.

As long as you can make good lather, and at a temperature you like (not everyone has to have that warm lather), it's a good lather-making/holding-device, lol.

I tend to use a couple of old empty containers that I got some crappy soap in long ago. They're plastic, but there's slats that kept the puck in place, and they help make great lather. I fill the top with warm water, and make lather in the bottom, and set it in the warm water of the top. Works good for me .

So basically there's nothing truly right or wrong, just personal preference. As long as you're happy... then good!

I agree. a bowl is a bowl is a bowl.

i think i'll have to get myself a nice bowl soon. I usually lather on the face, but with the amount of water in the brush that i need to get a good lather i end end getting soap thrown all over

In spite of really good shaving bowls and mugs out there, I just have 3 good scuttles and 4 coffee mugs as shaving mugs. One of my coffee/ shaving mugs claims to be from the U.S. Civil War era. I have a weak spot for tin coffee cups. They feel more manly to me for some reason.
Ernest

I usually lather on the face because I prefer soaps, but sometimes I use this one.

Viktor