Thread: wade scuttle

Managed to pick one up in bay for irresistible price. Don't know anything about them, also never used a scuttle. Any good? Has single hole and top and don't know the dimensions.

Originally Posted by dmnc

Managed to pick one up in bay for irresistible price. Don't know anything about them, also never used a scuttle. Any good? Has single hole and top and don't know the dimensions.

I am going to assume you mean a scuttle like this one Vintage Shaving Scuttle by Wade of England | eBay .

As far as I know with those you put your water in the body and wet your brush through the hole. The soap puck goes in the dished top and you load your wet brush there and face lather. I believe some soap pucks are still made sized and shaped to fit the dished top part. That is an old style scuttle and they work pretty well, at least mine do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K5Fk3Iqc_0

There are other types of scuttles made where you load your brush with soap/cream and then create your lather on a bowl. These are usually double walled and you fill that space with hot water to keep your lather made in the top part warm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzAiLp9YRUI

They all work but in slightly different ways.

Bob

I do indeed mean that type. Oops. Saw it going for nothing really with a minute to go and bought it. Really wanted the new type. Well have a nice decoration now. Cheers for extremely helpful reply.

Originally Posted by dmnc

I do indeed mean that type. Oops. Saw it going for nothing really with a minute to go and bought it. Really wanted the new type. Well have a nice decoration now. Cheers for extremely helpful reply.

You're welcome. There are so many types of scuttles confusion sets in, at least it did to me. I use my antique style scuttle to hold a Palmolive shave stick that I softened enough in a microwave to form it into the dished top part. Arko works well also without the need to soften it. So it can be more than a decoration still. I have a modern Robert Becker scuttle too but it is gathering dust as I am now a confirmed cold water shaver and face lather. It did work well to create a lather in and keep it warm while shaving though.

Bob

May try that with some nice soft cella or something. Will just have to figure out a lid so it doesn't dry out.