Thread: scuttle

Originally Posted by Jake77

I have used the VDH small bowl, picked up a shallow wider bowl and a plastic salsa dish. The bowl floating idea was to fill the bigger shallow bowl with steaming hot water and place the salsa dish in it....

I have done this too for a while, but where these improvisations invariably fell short was at the base of the bowl.

Good scuttles have a profile at their base that helps the brush soak up the blobs of cream you put there - even if you should face-lather after that.
This would obviously not apply if you put creams straight onto your face, or for soaps.

The other one is heat retention.
Most improvisations fall short in that area, as too much water makes the scuttle too heavy, too little makes the scuttle cool too quick.

Lastly, the handle: some large coffee mugs are not too bad, but many other improvisations don't work well ergonomically and I don't like broken ceramic on the bathroom floor.


I experimented for quite some time and for the money I spend on various mugs, bowls, cups and other contraptions that I thought worth trying, I could have bought a proper scuttle a few times over.


Of course, if it doesn't have to be a scuttle that contains a water mantle to keep the brush warm, many large (e.g. cappuccino) mugs that open wide at the top hold a shaving brush quite nicely.




Hope this helps....





B.