Thread: Mugs...noob?

I am not a collector of mugs but a user. For use, it is hard to do better than an Old Spice mug. Fits the puck and has a flat bottom. Sides not so tall so that you bang your fingers and brush handle when making lather. Sides high enough so that the lather does not over flow the mug. I prefer mugs to bowls as the loop handle provides for a secure grip. I keep my eyes open for any interesting mugs, or bowls, that have the correct shape. Hand made mugs from pottery shops or vintage mugs from flea markets and yard sales are a nice source for user mugs.

I've also seen members here that use sugar bowls or soup bowls to hold their soaps.

+1 On Old Spice Mugs. They are low and wide, where cofee mugs tend toward deep mugs. This makes them a little easier to lather.

Heavy glass with good weight. The finger hole is in just the right spot for your thumb when working up a good lather.

For Christmas I got this NOS Fuller Scuttle. It was never used. The shaving puck you see is the original Fuller shaving puck (lots of tallow and lathers great) and matching Fuller Brush. The razor you see was another Christmas gift (Mappin & Webb) I was in heaven on Christmas.

The scuttle is beautiful and a prize piece amongst my shaving equipment. However you see where the puck sits? it is so close to the rim that when I load my brush it gets over the rim. The thumb hole prevents any danger of dropping it, but I wish it had a deeper rim on that side.

I prefer a wide/low coffee mug, or what I've seen sold as a soup/chowder mug. I prefer mugs that are a bit wider, and lower than the traditional shave mugs you see around. Latte mugs work well too.

My preference is to go to the local thrift store, take my brush with me and try them while I'm there. I'll move the brush around as if I'm loading and see if I like it. It's easy enough to either mill or melt the soap into the mug later.

Charlie

I use either my williams rubber mug, a cappuccino mug i picked up at the craft store for a whopping $1.25 the majority of the time, and my gal just got me a col. conk mug I am getting used to.

Originally Posted by mysticguido

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I'll take a better pic of the 2 I use but will give You a idea... I mainly use the small mug in the back ground for lather and the big one to hold warm water to keep the lather nice and warm. So times I'll use the Big one like I did Today, but the lather wasn't as warm as it would have been if I had the big as the heater and the small one for lather..

I picked up a small mug as pictured in the background along with a puck of soap and wooden handled boar brush at WallyWorld for 8 bucks and change. Sold by Van Der Hagen

I like the mug, I was using a coffee cup for a long time. I'd rather spend money on steel than china.

I like the sugar bowl idea. Gonna keep an eye for something along those lines nest time I'm cruising the junkeries.