Thread: Georgetown G20

So in my haste to look for a scuttle I thought I was going to have to make a decision between a well built well glazed G5, or a more functional Dirty Bird. Much to my surprise the very week when I was going to purchase Georgetown introduced a new bigger scuttle, the G20. This made my decision a no brainer, but I was still a bit concerned about its functionality. At any rate I purchased it and was quite surprised to see it ship out the same day, and recieve it within 4 business days (though I do no think that is the norm).

I have some previous experience doing pottery on a hobby basis, and me and my wife usually go up to the N. Ga mountains and go pottery shopping once every summer as well. So I consider myself able to to judge the stuff to some extent, but certainly no expert. The build, finish, and glazin on this scuttle is excellent IMO. Looks very durable and well built, I got the green and purple orbie color which is very nice looking as well. Big question here now being will it be able to get hot and stay hot...

Only have one shave with it so far, but it was excellent. It built lather very well with the ridges and nibs in the bowl, honestly the fastest lather I have built so far, but I am a noob. The bowl was a little smaller than the cappucino mug I have been using, but still plenty big to build a nice lather. The scuttle itself was a nice size too, I would say the size of a tea pot, or a small 6-7 cup coffee pot.

To heat it up I put hot tap water (my tap is hot, don't know the temp but you can't leave your hand under it) in the bottom portion and bowl, capped it and threw my brush in before my shower. Got out re did this step and stropped my razor. Simply poured out the water in the bowl, not refilling the lower portion, and started lathering. I got nice warm lather for my two passes, which is all I have been doing, I did however leave the lather out and did my post shave aftershave and balm to see how long it stayed hot. The lather was still warm and the ceramic of the scuttle was very warm as well as the water that came out of it.

I will wait a week or so and make another post after I have some more shaves with it and can asses it better, so far I love it though.



What I don't understand about complains on the G5 is people saying the bowl is too thick so that your water cannot get the lather warm. You are trying to get the ceramic hot to then warm the lather, which is the only function of the water in the first place, warming the ceramic. Which ceramics will hold heat much better than water. If the scuttle is capped the only way for heat to escape is to dissipate in the ceramic and then into the air from the ceramic. So you want to get as much heat as you can in the ceramic without having too much surface area for the heat to dissipate from. I would say it is more of a water to ceramic weight to exterior ceramic surface area deal. The issue with smaller scuttles in general would be that you have high surface area and not enough water capcity. So by increasing the size you get an exponential increase in water when compared to a smaller increase in surface area. If there is a thinner ceramic (ie dirty bird) you get quicker dissipation into the ceramic, but also quicker dissipation out into the air from the ceramic..... though if the walls are thicker and the bowl is thinner you would see more heat dissipating from the bowl than from the sides, thus putting more heat into the lather. In addition if it cant hold enough water to get the ceramic warm without refilling it numerous times, it would not work for most users..... Maybe I am over analizing this lol


Would really like to try a Dirty Bird and even a Moss at some point to compare, but it will probably be a good while until I could purchase another scuttle, seeing as how my wife would kill me