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Hello everyone
I am well on my way to having all my supplies I need to start shaving.
but i still need a mug/bowl.
I am having trouble decideing what to get. I know its all personal oppinion, but what materials, style work best.
I was trying to find a nice mug, but just cant decide how I want it to look. or what it should be made of. I have seen alot of wooden bowls and such on here aswell.
So I was hoping you guys could sound off on what you like to use and why.
I use a pewter Quaich. It has handles on both sides and is about 3.75" across. Looks nice works great. Use it to lather creams or melt glycerin to fit.
I use both, and both work well. You could also go a little further and get yourself a scuttle. I hear great reviews about the ones from Georgetown Pottery and Sara Bonnyman. OR you could go vintage and find an old shaving scuttle on eBay.
Methinks this will evoke a different response from every person. My preference would be a wide mug with a small handle (to fit no more than about 2 thumbs in). The handle makes it much easier to keep a good grip on IMO. Places like Target or Wally World have great ones for under $5.
Or, if you decide you're all into hot lather, you may begin to look into getting a scuttle. Be careful though, because some are meant for mixing lather in, and others are meant only for storing it after mixing.
I got a nice heavy duty mug at waffle house, its damn nice and it was free!!!!!:roflmao
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Originally Posted by skiblur
i know that everyone has a differant oppinion, I just wanted to hear them and thier reasons why, so I can try pick one based on thier opinions
Well, I'll provide the "Ostensible" answer, and say: "Use What You Like" !
.....Now, I'll say THIS about THAT:
I love a nice mug, and over the years, have used everything from a coffee mug to something actually designed for shaving.....(like a beautiful "Old Spice" mug, that I bought NEW !....not from an antique store), and it had genuine Old Spice shaving Soap installed in it !.......God, I feel Old !
Today, I really like the "Apothecarty" Mug like the one Lynn used in his video, (and you can buy new from emsplace.com)......like this:
http://emsplace.com/shaving/soap_mugs_bowls.aspx
Marko.....
Lather in hand, never could get it right doing it on the face. Will switch to wooden bowl at one point, just need to get one =).
My favorite is a thrown pottery bowl I made myself, both because I could control the shape and because I made it :)
i have a traditional scuttle for wintertime, an old spice mug with melted soap for soaps, and a $2 bowl from target for cremes. i use all 3, like all 3, all 3 have their purpose.
i would say i use the mug more than anything. not really cold enough on the scuttle to take advantage every day. plus i can get by ususally day to day with a one pass shave so i don't need to keep lather warm.
the bowl is good for cremes, but lately i have been using and liking soaps much better. plus i think i would rather use a bowl with a little texture on the inside.
the mug is short, easy to utilize, simple for the purpose. melt the soap in microwave for 15 secs. easy washout. and classic.
to each their own. try till you find something you like. then find something else. then acquire more. instant dispenser acquisition disorder.
vgod
What's the difference between a bowl and a mug? Any round container between 3 and 6 inches in diameter ought to work
I would say that a mug has, on the inside, a more flat bottom. And will often be sporting a handle although not always.
I use one of the old spice soap mugs, also picked up an american airlines soup mug that also works really well.
Have you tried one of the mugs with the original OS soaps in it? I've been wanting to pick one up to see how it performs....see them on the "bay" all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by freebird
~Chris
I use a ramikin that sits inside a matching soup mug as a Kmart scuttle.
I used to use a coffee mug made from clay. The sides on a coffe mug are pretty high and the opening small so the handle clunked the sides all the time. With a clay mug it didn't bother me. When my, then, girlfriend knocked it off the sink and broke it she replaced it with a neat Far Side mug, one of my favorite comics. The problem was it was ceremic, and thinner so when the handle of my brush hit it it rang like a bell. Not what I could take first thing in the morning, especially back in my roaring twenties. :shrug:
I have a similar experience with Tim viz mugs. When I started wet shaving I tossed some Burma Shave cakes into a mug I got from a temp job I worked at one point. On the one hand, it worked well in terms of keeping the cake in place, but the high walls and my not-tiny hands didn't work well together, lots of clinking ensued and I wonder if I got a lather that was as good as I could've.
Later I bought a low-walled bowl, pretty much as tall as the soap round and slightly wider. It pretty much fits in the palm of my hand (I have big hands, though) and is very comfortable to grip. No clinking and I'm able to get more than a ninety degree angle between brush and soap. Shorter apothecary mugs may serve this purpose just as well.
.."Well, I'll provide the "Ostensible" answer, and say: "Use What You Like" ! "
100% AGREE witht that...i start with soup bowl,then with a nice like cereal bowl,now i order a scuttle.Just try anything you want and then stay with whatever you like !!!
RPR.
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Originally Posted by rickypr
I agree. Find what you can that can hold soap, and/or lather, and use it. Mug, bowl, scuttle, hollowed out scull, whatever it takes to get you some good lather.
hmm, where can I get one of these...:wQuote:
Originally Posted by Arthur Dent
I was thinking the same thing. :hmmm:Quote:
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I find that prowling around graveyards after dark can reveal some.Quote:
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OR you could go to a costume shop say around Halloween.
Or you could go to Target and get one of their rice bowls...$2.00
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Originally Posted by cwrighta70
I found several websites that sell animal skulls. I thought a monkey skull would make an interesting lather bowel, and a small weasel skull would be awsome on a badger brush (badger skull is too big).
I'm still new and cheap. I took one of my guinea pig's feed bowls and it works perfect so far. Don't think she would like the idea of me using her hide for a brush, though.
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...Picture011.jpg
Although recently I am using a $1.00 Target rice bowl for lathering.
Ahhhhh, that's so cute!
This is a question, do metals affect the lather? For instance does silver, brass, nickel or copper have any effect. Curious, I've noticed from DE shaving that Alum affects any soap or SC lather to the negative, I was wondering if metal does the same.
Kind regards,
I have seen people use metal, plastic and ceramics and no-one ever mentioned lather contamination. What I have read in my forum surfing is that metal bowls conduct the heat quickly. Ceramic takes a while to gain heat but holds it well, and plastic is very dependent on the thickness. Texture helps in building lather and also helps you keep your grip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soopercat
With regards to metal contamination....if one would do it I would think that it would possibly be copper or pewter. Both are soft and oxidize quickly. However I don't think there is enough metal being deposited into our shaving lather to affect it. Those with sensitivities however might run into problems but I'm sure they already know what to avoid.
lol Fallout, I thought I was in for prank when I saw your Cavi.......get your own bowl ;)