Thread: Shaving mug

What is the best mug that is good for soaps and creams? I want to buy this one http://muehle-barbierit.ro/index.php?rou...uct_id=204 or this one http://muehle-barbierit.ro/index.php?rou...ct_id=242. The first has a 10 cm diameter and a 7.7 height. The second has a 12 cm diameter and a 5.6 cm height.

Originally Posted by Alex7

What is the best mug ...

None of them is "the best" according to my opinion.
Both of them will tend to bring the foam up and this is not what you want when working the brush in the mug.

Personally, I prefer mugs made this way:

Personally, I could not see buying a purpose built "shaving mug" for what they cost. They are just a mug and a large, I believe they are called latte mugs, coffee mug about 4 inches in diameter and 3 inches deep with a handle large enough for 2 fingers will get the job done just as well. A mug like that can be had for a couple of dollars over here.

Bob

Try etsy. Search shaving bowl mug or scuttle. If you bowl lather look for some texture in the bottom and or sides. Smooth ones may look cool but the ridges help build lather.

For that kind f money you could get a nice scuttle which is more useful in my opinion. Most mugs are just oversize coffee mugs really. You are paying for a name or logo and the specialty aspect of it.

I agree, if you are going to get one buy one with rough insides.

As you can see Alex7, there are many opinions on this. The bottom line is this: whatever looks good to you, and works for you, at the price point acceptable to you. You my friend, have opened up the proverbial, "can of worms"! LOL.


Mike

I think a purchase of any "mug" should be centered on the diameter of the puck and the shape of the puck's bottom.

Try to find a mug that fits. A Tabac puck is much larger than a Czech and Speake. Plus, some pucks have flat bottoms and others rounded.

As Slur states, make sure the edge is high so the foam does not spill over.

Dave

The black mug is also sold by Col Conk and Van der Hagen.
A large shallow soup cup is good for most creams and soft soaps. Spread a small amount onto the bottom of it. This is mine:

~Richard

I use either thrift shop/discount mugs or ceramic shop mugs or ramekins (no handle). I like 3 - 3 1/4 inch ID and about 2 - 2 1/2 inch height with flat bottoms. I like plastic containers with screw caps for travel.

If you are working with a soft soap like Cella, break a piece off the 1kg brick and mold it in. If you are working with a hard soap like MWF and Tabac, a close fit is good, but not a jam half way to the bottom. I grate my residual hard soap and pack the gratings between the new puck and mug side. If too tight, I grate the puck edge until it fits.

I store soaps in mugs and ramekins. I may whip up lather on top of the pucks for a quick DE shave. For a leisurely SR shave, I build uber lather in the scuttle. On humid summer days, I leave the scuttle reservoir empty for room temperature lather.

The scuttle in the background is a Woodhead with matching soap dish in the foreground. The brush is a Simpson Chubby 1 Best.

HTH

Originally Posted by rolodave

I think a purchase of any "mug" should be centered on the diameter of the puck and the shape of the puck's bottom.

Try to find a mug that fits. A Tabac puck is much larger than a Czech and Speake. Plus, some pucks have flat bottoms and others rounded.

As Slur states, make sure the edge is high so the foam does not spill over.

Dave

Now that is true if you are using the mug and just loading the brush off the puck in it. OTH if you want a shaving bowl just to make your lather in matching the puck and shape in the bowl does not matter. I assume, possibly wrongly, that the op meant a bowl to make lather in as both soaps and creams were mentioned.

Bob