Just wondering about the advantages and disadvantages of the mug as opposed to the scuttle. :shrug: Thanks in advance.
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Just wondering about the advantages and disadvantages of the mug as opposed to the scuttle. :shrug: Thanks in advance.
Since I've never quite mastered the art of face lathering I always use a seperate bowl to make lather. I like the scuttle because the heat helps build lather and it always feels better to lather with warm lather. I also find I don't waste as much of that expensive soap as I used to and I get a more consistant quality lather.
In very general terms the scuttle is used to keep the brush warm while the mug is used to create the lather. This is certainly not a hard and fast rule but just the general use. I have attached a couple of pictures of my mug and some scuttles I have.
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I use the silver mug to heat my brush and the create my lather. The blue/brown scuttle is a Moss scuttle. You fill the reservoir with water and then place the brush in the top. The hot water heats the scuttle and keeps the brush and lather in it warm. This is the small size Moss scuttle and it is not really large enough to make your lather in it.
The bright blue, two-piece scuttle is the Dirty Bird Brush Scuttle. You fill the larger part with hot water and then place the smaller part inside. It works in the same basic way as the Moss Scuttle. It is deeper but not wide and not really made for making your lather inside it.
The white scuttle is by Crabtree and Evelyn. A soap puck in stored in top and then you fill the bottom part and heat your brush there. It is not made for keeping the brush warm, however. The opening for the scuttle is not very large and so you need a small brush to fit inside it.
You need to decide on what you want use you want from your particular mug/scuttle and then select the option that is best for you.
I will note that Dirty Bird has some larger scuttles that I believe can be used for making lather.
I like to lather in a bowl and rest my brush in a Moss Scuttle to keep the lather warm for my second pass. I haven't tried a mug but to make lather it seems to me it would be too small. I am very pleased with my current setup and method.
I had no idea... Here's two I'm watching on eBay.
RARE VINTAGE LEGO JAPAN POTTERY SHAVING MUG - eBay (item 200313327783 end time Mar-01-09 17:15:18 PST)
Hoffritz Shaving Mug - eBay (item 330311284591 end time Mar-07-09 12:54:20 PST)
The first one you linked looks nice. With its low opening and short wall rise around the opening, I'm not sure it would be great functionally speaking. It would be fine to just keep a puck of soap in the top for use, but may be problematic if trying to fill the lower reservoir for heating your brush.
The second looks like a solid, traditional scuttle. The longer, grooved handle is made for the brush to be placed in.
Like a well done lather, I can be a little thick at times! But, the traditional scuttle, with the ship, is that intended to keep the brush warm or to actually make lather in? If it is for lather ppl must have made way less lather than I like to - cuz it is gonna go up over the edges on the counter, the floor!!
Did ppl regularly use the traditional scuttle with a hard soap and for lather making??
I imagine they started the process on the scuttle, and when enough soap was loaded on the brush they built the lather in their palm or on the face.Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketMan
Mixing bowls and scuttles for keeping the lathered-up brush warm are probably modern extravagances, though I expect some people were inventive and years ahead of the game.
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Originally Posted by alabamalawyer
Looking online, I saw at once the advantage of the longer handle for holding the brush. I used the "Buy It Now" feature to snag it. For $10, I can't go wrong. I appreciate your help.
Looks like a nice grab for $10. Enjoy it!
Yeah I agree it is a great purchase. Quite a nifty mug and in excellent shape. Enjoy! (Just don't get lather all over the floor!)
I like a combination of both I make my lather in a small bowl and then put it in a larger bowl full of hot water so it works by keeping both my lather and my brush warm, and being a frugal individual both pieces together cost about $5.00 at the Target in the house wares department.:)
This is my favorite mug, one hundred years old. I like the black patina.
Rocketman, I'll probably have lather everywhere at some point! :roflmao
Nice set, Sparq.
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Originally Posted by GeauxLSU
OOOoooooOoooo - this is a family rated site!!! :nono:
Not like that! :gaah:Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketMan
Alabama, where did you come by your Crabtree & Evelyn scuttle? I've got one I picked up on ebay and up to this point yours is the only other one I've seen.
As far as mug or scuttle, the subject has been pretty well covered. However the ones i absolutely dislike are the ones that are half mug half scuttle. They have the appearance of a mustache cup, except they don't have drain holes.
Sparq, I love that mug!
I love my scuttle by sara bonnyman pottery. I can't go back to cold shaves.
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Alabama, where did you come by your Crabtree & Evelyn scuttle? I've got one I picked up on ebay and up to this point yours is the only other one I've seen.
I lucked up and found it (appeared to be brand new) in an antique store. I think I paid $4 for it. I have a puck of Gold-Dachs soap in it.
I really enjoy using a Moss type scuttle. I lather on the face, so don't use any other bowl too often. The great thing is that the lather simply stays warm though out the entire shave. No other type of scuttle I've tried has ever kept is as warm as these types of scuttles. The older scuttles are pretty cool looking though. I have a few of them from the old days........:D
Have fun,
Lynn
Im not quite understanding the scuttle , I see pics and it looks like it has a spout on it, Does the scuttle get filled with hot water that stays seperate from the area that you are making the lather in ? Right now Im using an oversize coffee cup and I sit it in the sink that is filled with hot water, but if I put to much water in the sink the cup floats around,Im set up pretty good now with everything for shaving but my lathering setup sucks.
Yes, that is the working principle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike257
Greetings
oskar