Thread: face latherers - how do you keep your brush warm?

I would like to be a bowl latherer but I have been a face latherer with no issues other than wishing for warmer lather. The first lather is generally warm - subsequent lather is cold.

Any ideas on how to keep a brush warm? I use soaps sometimes and bigelow cream most of the time (much easier).

TIA
Andy

get a scuttle, a moss scuttle is good at retaining heat and will hold your brush perfectly keep it there in between passes.

You might also try the Brush Scuttle from Dirty Bird Pottery in the US.

I dip the brush in a little hot water before each re-lather. It might make the second pass a little on the runny side, but not much. I'm only a 2-pass guy, so beyond that you're on your own.

Originally Posted by RoadKingMoe

You might also try the Brush Scuttle from Dirty Bird Pottery in the US.

I thought about that but sadly I do not understand how that would keep the brush warm?

Originally Posted by BingoBango

I dip the brush in a little hot water before each re-lather. It might make the second pass a little on the runny side, but not much. I'm only a 2-pass guy, so beyond that you're on your own.

I try that here and there but as you said sometimes it gets a bit runny

lol - I'm like 2 1/2 passes but I usually lather up the face at the end before I cold water splash while I am cleaning up the razor and shaving paraphenilia

Originally Posted by thewatermark

get a scuttle, a moss scuttle is good at retaining heat and will hold your brush perfectly keep it there in between passes.

yah - the moss scuttle is quite nice
though I thought scuttles were for bowl lathers?

Originally Posted by 44Whiskas

yah - the moss scuttle is quite nice
though I thought scuttles were for bowl lathers?

well initially they r but the moss is small , and people complain that you cant lather in the bowl, so therefore you can put your brush in between passes and it will keep it toasty

Originally Posted by 44Whiskas

I thought about that but sadly I do not understand how that would keep the brush warm?

Read this review.

I think their pictures of the soap/lather dish or Bill Bowl with the two-piece Brush Scuttle may be confusing. It doesn't come with either of those, but most pictures have them next to it.

I dip the tips in hot water and revisit the puck if necessary. I usually wipe just a little smear of lather on the inside lip of the sink for when a trip back to the puck isn't necessary yet.