Thread: Moss Scuttle - is it worth getting

I love my Moss scuttle. Unfortunately I haven't found it since I moved. I still have a few boxes to look through but none of them are boxes I *expected* it to be in. Can't figure out what in the heck happened to it.

Hope I don't have to buy a new one.

-- Gary F.

I was considering buying a Moss Scuttle
a few weeks back but talked myself out
of it. I wish I could do the same with my
desire for razors.

Received one from Joe yesterday and have
another on the way from Bill. This one will
make 10. Not bad in 8 months I suppose.



Terry

Originally Posted by wvbias

I was considering buying a Moss Scuttle
a few weeks back but talked myself out
of it. I wish I could do the same with my
desire for razors.

Received one from Joe yesterday and have
another on the way from Bill. This one will
make 10. Not bad in 8 months I suppose.



Terry

No comment. (Oh and Terry don't look at collecting shaving mugs either. Oh and brushes. Oh and...)



Ivo if it matters the site for the Moss scuttle is in Canadian dollars. Just make sure your credit card company converts it. I'm contesting that now. Not Sara's fault in any way. It's my bank.

And RT would a cake of shaving soap fit well enough in the large scuttle and create some lather. (I'm thinking no but maybe you have a big brush.)

John

No comment. (Oh and Terry don't look at collecting shaving mugs either. Oh and brushes. Oh and...)

mrcleanhead,

For some reason the "bug" hasn't bit me on
these yet..... hopefully it won't. Currently for
soap I have been using small stainless steel
bowls.

But it's been fun aquiring the razors. I'm enjoying
all of them.


Terry

I would have bought a Moss Scuttle already if I even needed warm lather for the second pass. Sometimes I do, but mostly I can go straight to the hot water hunt and peck finish. I still like the idea of a ceramic though. I've been using a stainless steel bowl.

X

John,

I have the large scuttle, and yes, most cakes of soap should fit fine.

RT

I have a large moss scuttle, have been using it for a while, and like it.

For creams, I usually put a dab of cream in the scuttle and lather right in the scuttle. For soaps, I usually swirl the wet brush in my deep mug with a cake of soap in the bottom, and when the brush is good and soapy with the start of some lather I transfer it to the scuttle.

I don't usually try for great mounds of lather, so the restricted space of the scuttle is fine for me. I do get enough lather so it fills the space between the brush and the scuttle walls, facilitating heat retention.

While a cake of soap would fit in the scuttle there are a couple of problems with that approach. First, the cake would fill up a large portion of the scuttle, and it would be like lathering in one of those shallow wooden bowls. A messy affair.

The second problem and bigger problem is that you would lose much of the heat conduction the scuttle is designed to provide. The cake of soap would insulate your brush from the entire bottom surface of the scuttle, and elevate it past much of the conductive side surfaces.

Before I got the moss scuttle I used a heavy ceramic dish I got at Goodwill for a quarter or so. It was a heavy, clunky affair, probably made by a third-grader in art class. I like it though. It had enough thermal mass that I could heat it in hot tapwater and get the same benefits I get from the moss scuttle. However, I think the moss scuttle does have the edge over my heavy dish in keeping the lather a little warmer, a little longer.

I just use hot tapwater in my moss scuttle. Some people pour in boiling water. Not only is that a lot less convenient, but I found the excessive heat will dry up the lather.