Thread: (suggestion - idea) Good + cheap lather bowl

I was looking around for a lather bowl. The items that I see in Shaving shops have a price tag of 20 Euro or more.
That is a bit too much for a simple bowl to make lather I think. So I was looking around in a household shop in the Netherlands called "Blokker". There I found a bowl made from plastic with a convenient thumb handle. That makes it possible to hold the bowl firm.
It's light and big enough to turn my brush.

I bought mine without the microwave cover for the price of 9,99 Euro. That is a good price I think:

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

What do you think, is this usable for you?

Edit: the price is 6,99 euro, typo!

I can't see the picture, but if the bowl works for you and is at a price you think reasonable then it is a good bowl.
I use a variety of improvised bowls such as a large coffee cup, some sort of small kitchen bowl with a spout, a marmalade pot and an actual shaving mug.

My least favorite is probably the mug as it is too small to work with in my opinion.

I tried a bigger mug as well, my hands becomes very tired because I turn such small circles, or perhaps there is a special technique for such small lather mugs...

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I can't see the picture, but if the bowl works for you and is at a price you think reasonable then it is a good bowl.
I use a variety of improvised bowls such as a large coffee cup, some sort of small kitchen bowl with a spout, a marmalade pot and an actual shaving mug.

My least favorite is probably the mug as it is too small to work with in my opinion.

Nice large Cappucino cup works for me. The cheapest will do. That device you showed will work also.

If it works for you it the right bowl. I haunt my local Goodwill (thrift store) for ceramic or glass bowls that I think would work. I then apply a two part mix as you apply epoxy making ridges and bumps on the interior (let cure for at least three days.) It's not a truly permanent solution as over a period of time water and use loosen up the epoxy threads. But then I get to play with different bowls and shapes. Have found, tho, that a glass bowl holds the addition a lot longer than ceramic. Plastic bowls fade to fast. I've been playing with a Silicone bath and sink caulk. Not good at all. I'm a cold water shaver so I don't know how long this treatment would last using warm/hot water.

Yesterday I was in Petco. I saw a bowl for water for a cat made of ceramic that had texture to help with lather creation. It was only like $4.

Some time ago I bought this bowl which is supposed to be for grinding things. It's solid granite and weighs about 15 pounds and came with a pestle. I got it at Costco for around 15 bucks. I rarely use it. I experimented and let hot tap water run in it a few minutes and you know what? it made a great lather bowl. It has a rough interior looks great has about a 7 inch opening and retains the heat really good. You can grind salt into the interior with the pestle to make the interior as smooth as you want. It has the room to make mountains of lather. If you have the room for it cause it's too heavy to move around it's a unique piece.

A link± https://www.rostimepal.com/en/servin...owl-white.html

Whatever works. I had a soap puck but no bowl to fit it. It just happens the bottom three inches of a marshmallow fluff container was the exact size. Even had a Tupper Ware lid that fit.

I picked up a set of Pyrex bowls on Walmart with rubber/plastic lids for about $8. Just put pucks in them, since I usually face lather.