Thread: Keeping lather hot

Hi Andy, and welcome to the board. With that face stretching abilities, you'll have bright future with straight razor shaving

Nenad

I've looked at the Moss scuttle, but decided to stick with my current set up. I use a 2c Pyrex measuring cup that I put 1 1/2 cups of water in and set the microwave to have it piping hot when I'm ready to shave after exiting the shower. This provides hot water to preheat my garage sale latte cup while the SMF1 brush soaks in the Pyrex. Then the brush is removed, all the hot water is put back into the Pyrex, and the latte cup is perched securely on top of the measuring cup. I lather in the latte cup which stays quite warm over the hot water. The bonus is that I still use the measuring cup for it's intended purpose as well.



Wayne

Originally Posted by bbqncigars

I've looked at the Moss scuttle, but decided to stick with my current set up. I use a 2c Pyrex measuring cup that I put 1 1/2 cups of water in and set the microwave to have it piping hot when I'm ready to shave after exiting the shower. This provides hot water to preheat my garage sale latte cup while the SMF1 brush soaks in the Pyrex. Then the brush is removed, all the hot water is put back into the Pyrex, and the latte cup is perched securely on top of the measuring cup. I lather in the latte cup which stays quite warm over the hot water. The bonus is that I still use the measuring cup for it's intended purpose as well.



Wayne

Haha, sounds like you've got quite the system worked out. Only question is...you have a microwave in your bathroom? lol

-Kyle

Originally Posted by rtaylor61

Hi Andy,

Welcome to SRP! For those of you who don't know, Andy has been voted "Most Photogenic" at Badger and Blade. He proudly displays the winning photo as his avatar!

RT

Hey RT! Good to see another B&B user over here. Oh yeah, regarding my avatar.....You just crack me up man, too funny, jeez I'm glad I'm wearing my extra strong corset to stop my ribs from exploding I'm laughing so hard.........NOT!!

I take a different approach in that I couldn't care less if the lather gets cold while I'm shaving. Look at it this way, once its on your face it gets cool rapidly anyway. Trying to keep it hot is like a dog chasing its tail.

That's how I feel. haven't tried all that scuttle stuff but good lather=good lather and doens't need to be hot for me.

Hey, Kyle (a very fine name, BTW). I've got to go with thebigspendur and LX_Emergency on this one. Provided that you've not used cold water to make the lather, there is not a noticeable change in performance. While I've not used the Moss Scuttle, I've tried many other tricks for retaining lather heat. At best, I believe it can add to the luxury of the moment, but does not really effect the quality.

Having said all of this, every man's shave is a very unique and individual experience and if heated lather does it for you, then by all means heat it up, my good man.

One word of warning about the mug warmers; I have seen reports where the device heated the mug to a degree that the tips of the brush (badger) were slightly damaged.