Thread: Hot Water

Alright guys. I need to be brought up to speed. Maybe I'm slow :roll: or just don't have all the details.
I've followed this thread, but I'm not catching the need for all this stuff to get exceedingly hot water. Is this just to float a mug in to keep it warm? ...To dip your brush in when making lather?
I do put hot tap water in the bottom of a scuttle and rest the brush in the top sometimes to keep it warm when I'm using creams. All these hot pots and stingers (that's what an elderly gent I know calls those coil-type warmers) and latte cups seem like a lot of extra equippage for the simplicity of a straight razor shave.
Am I missing something?
Parry

Originally Posted by newdovo

Alright guys. I need to be brought up to speed. Maybe I'm slow :roll: or just don't have all the details.
I've followed this thread, but I'm not catching the need for all this stuff to get exceedingly hot water. Is this just to float a mug in to keep it warm? ...To dip your brush in when making lather?
I do put hot tap water in the bottom of a scuttle and rest the brush in the top sometimes to keep it warm when I'm using creams. All these hot pots and stingers (that's what an elderly gent I know calls those coil-type warmers) and latte cups seem like a lot of extra equippage for the simplicity of a straight razor shave.
Am I missing something?
Parry

Some folks, especially those with tough beards, need the hot water to soften it. I personally just like the way it feels. I can use hot tap water, but my one shot hot water heater feals great after soaking the brush and whipping up some really hot water.

This is the reason I use a scuttle. I get hot water pour it into the scuttle and sit the brush in it and then take my shower. The hot water warms the soap cake above and the brush. works like a charm. 8)

Hello warm lather friends,

Have also noticed the advantages of hot lather, hot water etc. and comtemplate acquiring a scuttle, perhaps this one,

http://www.classicshaving.com/catalo...952/431831.htm

especially now that autumn has arrived with daily temperatures not exceeding 17 degrees C. www.classicshaving.com and other vendors offer several scuttles. Which do you use and recommend? Personally, am always worried about porcellan shaving items, fearing that wet, slippery hands will drop them. That is why I use "plastic" shaving mugs. A breakable scuttle would make me nervous, reduce concentration on the blade and thus impair the shaving experience.

Also, I prefer a mug with a relatively high rim to avoid lather slopping over and making a mess. How do the soap sections of scuttles rate in this respect?

Another question is soap cake size. My stocks are generally the big size soaps that need a big mug. Classicshaving only recommend their special "scuttle size" soaps for scuttles. Do other sizes, i.e. normal and large, not fit into scuttles?

Greetings,

lux

I dont' know if will you agree, but I have found that if the water is too hot when lathering, then it tends to dry out too quickly on my face. I find it better to soften up the beard with hot towels first, and then use a warm (not hot) water for making the lather.

Hal

Yes I agree, Hal. Might have been better to say "warm". But the thrust of my questions is different. "Warm" for some may be "cool" for others, etc.

Hope someone will post more info. on scuttles.

Greetings,

lux

I usually use boiling water that I pour into my scuttle. Th ebrush soaks in the hot water and the soap above softens a bit. It cools down some whie I shower but not too much. Does not dry on my face too fast either.

i use a hot pot, as my sink just does not get too hot on me. you can use it when you dont shower, and that helps greatly. what i like is floating the latte cup in the water, and when you relather, you have the hot brush head and hot lather and it feels great. i dont get the water boiling hot - it aint gonna be any better to have the water 212 degrees than say 190. i barely put the bristles in the water for say 3 seconds. i agree, too hot and it dries out. but you can run that brush around the latte cup and get great lather and oohhh, so much of it for several passes. the heat seems to bring the scent out of trumpers creams espcecially. the hot pot was $10 at target, and a latte cup was like $2, so it is cheaper than a scuttle and you can use it for other things, like tea

sam

Hello sam,

me stupido. "Latte" is the Italian word for "milk" but what exactly is a latte cup? Could you post a link to a picture of one, please?

What exactly is a "hot pot"? How about a link to one as well.

Thanks!

BTW "scuttle" is also a word I first saw here and at classicshave. Was more familiar with "kettle".

lux

ok, ill try to find pics, dont know how to put them inhere, but if i find one, ill post my email and u can email me for one

latte cup is a coffee mug basically. think of a shallower, smaller cereal bowl with a ring-type handle on the side. it is not as tall as a mug, but is about maybe 2 and a half inches high. kinda tapered a bit. maybe twice as wide as the bottom of a shave bowl that the shave soap comes in, and twice as tall, with a handle. allows the heat to disperse more evenly cause there is a wider bottom. allows the brush to swirl around a bit better so you can build more lather, and the brush bristles rest entirely inside the cup. so lather does not run over the top as much. when it floats in the hot pot, more surface area exposed to the hot water keeps the lather warm, or hot.

now a hot pot is basically an electric tea kettle. maybe there are links to ones at walmart or target. holds a quart of water. kinda like a crock pot, but the water heats up very fast to boiling. top comes off so you can rest things in the water if youw ant

sam