Thread: My new scuttle

Ebay find.

Loaded it with C&S Oxford & Cambridge travel sized puck (25g), as the soap cup is rather small.

Test drive is Saturday night.

Very nice!

Seraphim,

That is a striking scuttle, very attractive, and I imagine from the 19th century, or at least in the 19th-century style.

I can just envision myself preparing for the morning shave using the scuttle. What an excellent find.

Regards,

Obie

Glad you won it. Let me know who it goes for you.

That kind of Scuttles doesn't fit for me..they are to small! But looks good anyway

I love that look.

Great find!

NICE i have an eye on a german scuttle simular looking at a antique shop $35

Hells ya that looks nice!!

It is a beauty but unless I'm badly mistaken that isn't the way it was designed to be used. Keep your puck in another container and lather. The brush sits on the part with the holes where you now have the soap to let excess water drain through.

Some guys pour hot water in the scuttle and insert the brush while they are in the shower. Anyway that is how I use that type of scuttle after another guy explained it to me when I was using it the same way you are.

It's certainly a "do what works for you" situation, but you are not correct in terms of intended use.

The spout is lower than the bottom of the soap dish, which means it wouldn't do much if anything usefull in terms of keeping the contents warm. The bottom if filled with boiling water, which the brush is dipped into through the spout. Lathering is done right one the face.

Using boiling water and lathering directly on the face, your lather is always hot. Give it a try. you'll find it works much better.

Also, if you have a smaller brush (like what would have been commen when that scuttle was made) you'll find that you can simply plunk the brush down on top of the soap between passes, not that it makes any difference since you can just dip the tip of the brush back into the boiling hot water to warm it back up.