Thread: Roberts clay of feat or dirty bird scuttle

I have DB I got from a member here and it works fantastically well. Hey Sinnfein glad to see another SRP member close by.

I just received my Georgetown Pottery G20 scuttle in Hamada and colbalt blue. The glazing is a true work of art and it is big. G20 got its name because it holds 20 ounces of water. I have yet to shave but filled it up and put the pewter stopper in. It stayed hot for hours. I can't wait to shave. It costs more but really is beautiful.

I also have the GP G20 in hamada and love it! It stays hot for way longer than necessary.

It's nice to see Georgetown Pottery made a scuttle that holds enough water for it to stay hot long enough to shave. I have an older model that did not stay hot. I tested them with a digital thermometer used in AC testing. The vendor did offer to take it back which was nice. I have, or have tried pretty much every popular one out there.

They will all do the trick for mixing lather, Staying hot is the key. I FWIW did not like Robert's feets of clay scuttle. When you compare it to every other scuttle out there, it's so paper thin and flimsy, it can be broken very easily. Mine feels like one of those china coffee cups, paper thin. I bought really just to check it out. It's jet black, and when it was curing in the kiln, it got some white paint on the lid, He still charged me for it. He did give me the option not to buy it, if you consider that an option.

I wound up getting the dirty bird scuttle 1.5.. Only used it once and had to send it back because the finish wasn't that great.. But the people at dirty bird are top rate and are gonna correct the problem.. I really thought a scuttle would b different I'm getting a warm lather.. But not much better then I was getting using a bowl resting in hot sink water.. By no means is dirty bird a bad scuttle it's top notch.. But for me money I'll stick with my bowl and brush..

I've found that the scuttles that hold 4 cups of water really keep the lather warm/hot.
4 cups of water in the microwave for 3 mins is about right, ymmv.

I had similar heat loss problems with smaller scuttles. I tried sitting them on potholders, and even putting little rubber feet on the bottom, just to reduce surface heat loss. The rubber feet are nice anyway just to keep the scuttle in place.

I am gonna try that foot thing. I hate my new scuttle banging my uneven sink when I whip up a lather. And 3 min in the microwave is too hot to hold except by the handle but the lather is toasty. Just use a lil extra water so it doesn't dry out for the second pass.