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05-28-2009, 02:28 PM #1
Tragedy! Behold the birth of Redneck Scuttle v2.0!
So the other day I was shaving and somehow manage to known my glorious Redneck Scuttle
http://straightrazorpalace.com/brush...k-scuttle.html
off the counter of my shave den, breaking it into exactly 57 pieces. Damn, I'm out six bucks. So, I need a new scuttle, and I'm still not going to pay 60 bucks for something I'll most likely break again in the future.
Enter the Redneck Scuttle V2.0!
costing a whopping seven dollars and ninety eight cents at Lowe's in the garden section, it is slightly narrower and taller that V1.0 resulting in a tapered conical section, which I feel gives a more efficient lather. (maybe it acts as a forcing cone?)
here is the assembled scuttle:
here is the scuttle taken apart:
here is the scuttle and how it fits together:
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05-28-2009, 02:33 PM #2
part 2, how does it lather?
in short, rather well.
first, a shot of the lather being made (hard at work with my 28mm silvertip redneck brush): note how the scuttle forces all the lather to the bottom, rather than letting it overflow when I start gettin' busy with the brush.
lather halfway done:
lather completely done: holy crap, look at that lather! thick as sour cream!
(hint: this is a preview of my redneck soap v2.7 in action. it's a delightful cinnamon clove scent, made into uber-lather with proraso menthol, for a lather than smells like fire and feels like ice!)
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05-28-2009, 02:33 PM #3
I voted pro for the redneck scuttle. I used to use something quite similar until I broke down and bought my beloved Moss scuttle. Whatever works.
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05-28-2009, 02:40 PM #4
Oh, I like it. I keep my soaps in super fancy dancy bowls--$1 bonsai pots from the Japanese dollar store.
They're PERFECT. And I think your redneck scuttle is perfect, too.
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05-28-2009, 03:50 PM #5
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05-28-2009, 04:01 PM #6
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Thanked: 132Innovation is the 'spice' of shaving life, it seems. Pretty cool man.
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05-28-2009, 04:30 PM #7
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Thanked: 271I voted to buy a scuttle. My Schwartzweisskeramik scuttle holds almost a liter of water and I think it does a much better job of keeping the lather warm. It stays so hot with just tap water that it can dry out the lather, which is actually an advantage because if I put too much water in, it evaporates rather quickly.
Besides, we can't have a poll where everyone votes the same. There's an old Jewish saying: "If we would just all get together and pull in the same direction ... the world would tip over."
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05-28-2009, 06:53 PM #8
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05-28-2009, 07:16 PM #9
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Thanked: 3795My redneck scuttle was cheaper. It consisted of crap I found in my basement. It's just a ramekin inside a bowl. Of course, no self respecting redneck is going to know what the heck a ramekin is, so perhaps I should call mine the enlightened redneck scuttle?
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05-28-2009, 07:21 PM #10
I so wanted to vote along side chimensch to be contrary but I love the ingenuity and resourcefulness!!! These qualities are becoming a rare commodity in our modern society.