Thread: Scuttle

Could someone help me understand how to use a scuttle? I want to use the hard soap but I am wondering if a scuttle is something I could use. I keep reading about it but I am not understanding exactly how it works. Somethings that I have read say that you load your brush in a mug and then move to the scuttle to build the lather? I am kind of new at this so maybe I am not understanding. When I load my brush I thought I was also building lather? If a scuttle will help I would like to get one... My thought is using a scuttle to replace my mug so I would keep my soap cake in the scuttle. Any help would be appreciated.

the scuttles are not meant to hold a soap cake...you would keep the soap in a different cup or whatever....swirl the brush on the puck for 30 seconds, then take the brush that you loaded for 30 seconds and go to the scuttle and start swirling again while adding water...you dont stay on the puckk the wholle time...check out youtube...there are plenty of videos to help you understand

Are you talking the old style or new?

The old ones held the soap on top and water on the bottom and you started your lather there. The new ones are more designed to keep the brush and lather warm and you can build the lather in them once you load up your brush or you can use them for face lathering too.

I was talking about the new ones... I was looking at the SRD one or the DirtyBird... So I guess I would have a shaving mug to hold my soap and for loading my brush and then I would move my loaded brush over to the scuttle and start whipping it? Is that correct?

Yes, you slowly add water and build the lather. Once it has good consistency, you move it to your face. I scrub the brush on my face, then paint the lather around the face evenly, and shave.
Double O

I wish I could afford a scuttle right now. If you have the funds I would say go for it, nothing better then a nice warm lather.

I thought the same. Wrong. I've found that the old, vintage, ones are very shallow and not user friendly. They are also not microwaveable because of painted designs. What I've been using for quite awhile is a large white coffee mug with a smaller white handle less bowl that fits inside of it for the soap bowl. I zap the water in the cup for one min to warm it. Then the smaller bowl fixes snuggly right in the cup. $5 and you have one. Walmart or a food store.

You slice off a sliver of soap and press it into the bottom of the inner container. The 'round' stays dry in the original box. That way you can chg daily and know what you have.

You could try the poor mans scuttle. I use a ceramic bowl, it's actually a rice bowl, soak it in a sink of hot water with your brush while you shower. Then build you lather in the bowl and float it on top of the water while you shave. It'll keep your lather nice and warm.

I have the Dirt Bird 1.5 and I had Julie add a dribble port. The thing is amazing and I can't reccomend Dirty Bird high enough. Money well spent.

I have Georgetown Pottery G5. I love mine, but others do not rate this highly. To each his own. I keep my soaps in small Tupperware bowls, you can get some generic ones at the dollar store, 5 for a buck. This way you can keep your soaps in seperate containers, load the soap from the container and add water to your scuttle and build lather in there. Good Luck!