Shaving Mug help please

I have attached a link to this pewter/ceramic mug, kinda costly about 80.00 dollars cdn. any users that could comment how much they like or dislike it, a mini review please, Thanks everyone !

Shaving Mug with Pewter Caddy | Fendrihan Shaving Store

Just my opinion, but that looks like a perfectly good way of wasting $80.
If you consider spending that much, you would be WAY better off buying a scuttle.
Actually I find shaving mugs useless, takes up too much space for just holding a soap, having no real function. Again, IMO...

What Amund said!!!! go with a dirty bird scuttle. Personally I love the 1.5. Julie does great work and way cheaper then that!!!

If you want a mug, there are many choices.
An old coffee mug in the right size will do the trick.
The only one whom knows what is the best for you - are you.
YMMV

I used a old coffe cup for years before i discovered this place and found out what fun wetshaving could be..now I have about 6 apparatusses to concoct my shave creme in... Personnally, i think it partof the fun in shaving...buy if you can pay cash and you family doesn't leave you..then write a review. If it doeshurt the wallet, the stick with the coffee cup for a while longer....

Well, it a nice decorator piece.

I'm not a big fan of mugs as I face lather. I agree a scuttle is more practical because it will keep your lather hot if you buy the right one.

My thoughts exactly, I have used a coffee mug til now and its worked fine for nowhere near 80.00. Ill look into some scuttles. Thanks for the input guys.

Hyena, I have that pewter mug — but not the caddy. It's a masculine and attractive mug. You can either store a soap in it or make lather in it. Currently I have a puck of L'Occitane soap in it. I bought it a couple years back on an impulse. I wish I had spent the money on a scuttle instead.

While I'm new to straight shaving I've been using a DE for some time. I started off using an old soup mug and just recently, last week, retired it. I finally got around to getting a dirty bird from Julie. She is really great to deal with and the scuttle is top notch. You cant go wrong with a dirty bird 1.5.

It does seem a bit pricey for what you get. I'll agree with the others that a nice artisan made piece is probably a better buy.

I have a glass bowl that my sister made in a glass blowing class. It is pretty neat and I'll have to post a picture, somehow it keeps the lather in the mug perfectly!

Anyway, while I am in the shower I fill my sink with the hottest water from the tap and submerge the bowl in it, this warms the glass itself. After my shower I strop my razor and run more hot water over the bowl. Then I make my lather in the bowl, and I just float the bowl in hot water in the sink!

It works for me and was all of free!

I Probably shouldn't admit this publicly, but my favorite place to get soap bowls is the thrift store, sugar bowls are usually just the ticket, especially if you get one in silver plate!