Thread: Scuttles

Dirty Bird makes a small scuttle for face latherers that I like to use.


Mike

I like my G20. Brush and lather stay warm throughout the shave. I bowl lather and the ridges are great

In my opinion, the scuttles are all about keeping the lather warm. With a touch of water to act as a conductor in the top bowl, you should get very nice warm lather throughout your shave. Some people do like to lather in the larger scuttles (wider bowls), but I find the larger ones lose heat quicker.

I think I kind of do a 50/50 scuttle/face lather. I make the initial lather in the scuttle to keep it warm, but after applying to my face I often hit the brush with a little more hot water and get the lather even thicker on my face.

My scuttle gets intermittent use. I enjoy it when I do use it and my method is to fill the scuttle with hot water, make about a 1/2 bowl of lather, do all my other prep.....empty the hot water and fill once more then have at it. To me lather that has some time to 'rest' for lack of a better word is preferable to lather right after the first dance in the scuttle with the brush. Sounds kind of weird to me now that I write it out.....

Originally Posted by WW243

My scuttle gets intermittent use. I enjoy it when I do use it and my method is to fill the scuttle with hot water, make about a 1/2 bowl of lather, do all my other prep.....empty the hot water and fill once more then have at it. To me lather that has some time to 'rest' for lack of a better word is preferable to lather right after the first dance in the scuttle with the brush. Sounds kind of weird to me now that I write it out.....

Nope I agree I let the lather "rest" a bit

Originally Posted by Lynn

In my opinion, the scuttles are all about keeping the lather warm. With a touch of water to act as a conductor in the top bowl, you should get very nice warm lather throughout your shave. Some people do like to lather in the larger scuttles (wider bowls), but I find the larger ones lose heat quicker.

Gentlemen, I agree with the noble Lynn on the scuttle's purpose. I think I have gone through a collection of scuttles, those for lathering and others for keeping the lather warm, and finally concluded that I prefer a scuttle to keep my lather warm. Since I face lather, my Moss and SRD scuttles are ideal for this purpose.

Fuction is to preheat brush in warm/hot water. Secondary function making lather and keeping it warm. Mutiple ways to skin a cat. Some soaps have been reported on to not respond well to high temps. Short answer is find whats right for you. At opposite ends of the spectrum we have.

Both work, but differently one is a tank, the other is a golden gilded porcelain receptacle. Both hold heat after hot water is added and time passes.
You get to do some R and D on differnt applications.
One costs $73 and the other $12. Cold weather and warm shaving soap good.

Originally Posted by Lynn

In my opinion, the scuttles are all about keeping the lather warm. With a touch of water to act as a conductor in the top bowl, you should get very nice warm lather throughout your shave. Some people do like to lather in the larger scuttles (wider bowls), but I find the larger ones lose heat quicker.

Lynn pretty much nailed it. I have the larger scuttle and it does loose heat but I like it. I heat it up in the micro so it is very hot when I start. By the time I get to my 4th pass it is still warm. I keep it covered with a towel to retain the heat and that helps. Even if I face lather which I do a lot, I rest the brush in it

I still do like my antique scuttles. They're pretty, and much more elegant than the earthenware tub marketed as scuttles.

I'm a girl, sue me I like pretty. But I'm also learning each scuttle and which soap it likes, which brush it likes to give me a hot shave the whole way through. They're finicky, but fun. Doesn't that describe half of the stuff we play with straight razors with?