Thread: Lather cold by the second shave

I am a newby to straight razor shaving but not to working up a good lather. I have allways used a brush since my father bought me one to wash with when I was a boy. he was sure it would help with my acne which it did thanks dad . I started to use a shaving mug soon after and still do. I fill my mug with boiling water then go for a shower. When i get out I refill the mug and soak my brush then start to work up my lather normally quite thick. as I start to apply the soap to my face I thin out to the desired cosistancy with the water from the mug witch by now has a small ammount of soap in it anyway. this gives me a real hot lather once i complete the first pass. I again refill the water in the mug from the kettle and repeat the process. I find no need to work up more lather using what I have left in the top bowl. But the addition of more hot water to thin whilst applying yet again gives me a good hot lather for the second pass. I use a mug with a perforated top bowl to stop my lather becoming too wet and sloppy. try one allways available on good old Ebay I can recomend the Wade pottery type witch fits most standard shave soap refills. I also have a large earthenware double skined bowl with a large round spout for my brush, this has no drain holes. I find the rough inner surface helps to make a good fine lather. and stays hot throughout the shave. The only reason I don,t use this more regularly is the weight once full of water almost a pint plus bowl its self and soap gets abit heavy ! hope this helps.

I use something like this

http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-Piece-S.../dp/B0006IW040

I got the idea from my wife. I told her I wanted to keep my lather warm and she immediately went into the kitchen and gave me a dip cooler set up and said, just use hot water instead of ice inside it. She's a smart cookie.

Looks like a pretty awesome idea, joebehar

My scuttle from SRD arrived yesterday afternoon and I tried it this morning. The heavy pottery holds the heat much better than the 2 bowls I stole from my wife's kitchen. I think this scuttle will be hard to improve on.

I have two extra Schwarzweisskeramik scuttles brand new, a white basic and a white XL both including the extra soap dish. Since I bought a Moss I haven't used either. PM me if interested.

I just use a very large coffee cup with a soap puck stuck in the bottom and the hottest water that comes out of the tap (faucet). Provided that you shave quickly and efficiently the soap lather stays warm enough without a lot of diddling around trying to keep it hot.

groovyd,
Do you enjoy the Moss scuttle more so than the Schwarzweisskeramik and why?

Two words: Dirty Bird!

Am I the only one here using the sink as a hot water retainer to set my lather bowl in? Simply preheat th bowl and sink with slow running hot water, build lather, drain down sink to about an inch and replace lather and brush to stay warm - works great!

The sink does work great except for some of us who like to rewet the face between passes. I have a ceramic bowl on a candle warmer that keeps my uberlather warm, which keeps the sink clear for rinsing my blade and rewetting the face.