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08-25-2011, 03:27 AM #1Junior Member
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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
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08-25-2011, 04:24 AM #2Norton convert
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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...markdfhr likes this.
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08-25-2011, 06:16 AM #3Senior Member
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What Amund said!!!! go with a dirty bird scuttle. Personally I love the 1.5. Julie does great work and way cheaper then that!!!
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08-25-2011, 10:23 AM #4.
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If you want a mug, there are many choices.
An old coffee mug in the right size will do the trick.
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08-25-2011, 10:44 AM #5Senior Member
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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....
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08-25-2011, 03:52 PM #6
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.markdfhr likes this.No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero
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08-25-2011, 09:34 PM #7Junior Member
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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.
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08-26-2011, 03:03 AM #8The Assyrian
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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.
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08-26-2011, 03:15 AM #9Junior Member
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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.
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12-11-2011, 07:56 PM #10Senior Member
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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.
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