Thread: Your preferred bowl to lather in

I don't bowl lather very much anymore but when I did I found, like Ed, that any bowl 4-5 inches wide and about 3 inches would do nicely. If you are going to got to the effort to bowl lather, I'd suggest a modern twin wall scuttle that will also keep your lather warm between passes. I have a Robert Becker that works just fine and there are many others that work well too.

Bob

I usually face lather, but when I bowl/scuttle lather this one is my current favorite. Even when I don't bowl lather, I use it to keep my brush warm. The Crown King scuttle.

From left to right is a bowl from Etsy by Symmetrical Pottery, a mesquite bowl that I turned, a Moss Scuttle, and a Dirty Bird scuttle. I love all four of them. I tend to use the one I made the most because it fits in the palm of my hand and is the right size. The one from Symmetrical Pottery is very nice and worth the money but a little large. For it to work the best, you'd really have to keep a soap in the bottom of it. The Moss scuttle is a great lathering bowl even though she doesn't advertise it for lathering, rather for keeping your lathered brush warm. The dirty bird is great too, but large.

I use a simple Van Der Hagen green ceramic bowl my wife bought me when I first showed interest in using a straight. Simple, and it gets the job done! I have been pondering getting a scuttle from SRD.

$0.50 bowl from one of the local flea markets. Looks like it might have originally been a chefs pinch bowl, but I have no clue if it really is true.

I have a real scuttle, pretty but never used! Local thrift stores are my source for pottery.

Regards

Kaptain "I'll spend my money on stuff I CAN'T find in a thrift store" Zero

Originally Posted by K37

From left to right is a bowl from Etsy by Symmetrical Pottery, a mesquite bowl that I turned, a Moss Scuttle, and a Dirty Bird scuttle. I love all four of them. I tend to use the one I made the most because it fits in the palm of my hand and is the right size. The one from Symmetrical Pottery is very nice and worth the money but a little large. For it to work the best, you'd really have to keep a soap in the bottom of it. The Moss scuttle is a great lathering bowl even though she doesn't advertise it for lathering, rather for keeping your lathered brush warm. The dirty bird is great too, but large.

I have the same dirty bird scuttle and love it! May have to get another, as SWMBO knocked a big chip off of it. (Still works fine, but sure is a good excuse to buy another)

Have two purpose made shaving bowls. One from Maria Arman of Through the Fire Fine Craft.

Another by Shawn Summers on Etsy



The Maria Arman is my favorite bowl.
But I have recently received a Georgetown Pottery scuttle, and it will most likely be my permanent lather companion.