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Hi all! I am a newbie to this site. I am wondering if anyone uses their scuttle to make lather from shaving soaps? I was told that you should make your lather in a "shaving bowl" and then transfer the lather via your brush to the scuttle to keep the lather warm. However, I don't see any reason to not just make your lather right in the scuttle and eliminate the shaving bowl all together. Please advise. Thank you!
I'm new to the scuttle but today, I transferred from another bowl
Mike
I usually face lather, but occasionally will use a scuttle when want warm lather on a cold winter day. If you have a full sized scuttle, you should make your lather in the scuttle. Most scuttles have ridges to aid with making the lather. I do have what is called a brush scuttle, which is too small to build a lather in, and only large enough for my brush, and it keeps my lather warm while I'm making my first pass with the razor.
I have a beautiful DB scuttle and that's how I learned to lather. I very rarely use it now unless it's cold out and it's still far and few between. It's a great experience but not an everyday thing.
Thank you, Richard! I have a full size ceramic scuttle which I purchased from SRD. I will start making my lather right in the outer bowl and bypass the shaving bowl. First I will fill the inner bowl of the scuttle with boiling water from my tea kettle. Should work!
Hi Redcane! Thanks for the comment! I live in Wisconsin . . . . so it is cold here now!:)
Yes sir. I can relate as I am from Ohio.
I should have said *not an everyday thing for me.
If you enjoy it than you should use it as much as you so chose.
Happy shaving
Interesting that you are from Ohio. I was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. Graduated from the University of Toledo, 1961. Have a very Happy New Year! Ed
I'm praying that everyone makes the right decision here.
I used my scuttle today. Loved it! I'll admit that it is more work to boil the water in the tea kettle, so I may not do this every time, but now I know that you can make lather (and it's nice warm lather) from a pluck of shaving soap in the large ceramic scuttles that are sold by SRD. Just make sure that your pluck will fit in the scuttle. Today I used a part of a Trumper pluck from my Bulldog Shaving Bowl (also from SRD). Trumper plucks are quite large so they will not fit whole in my scuttle. I just broke off a piece with a spoon. You can also add shaving creams if you want to experiment. Just have fun and Happy Shaving! Ed
Huh? You put the soap in the scuttle? TcQuote:
Originally Posted by ironmaned1987
Yes! Go look at the ceramic scuttles on SRD website and you can see that you have an top bowl which will accommodate a small pluck of shaving soap . . . .as I said I broke off a piece of the pluck in my Bulldog Shaving Bowl and put it in the scuttle along with some shaving cream from a tube. Works and makes a nice lather! Ed
You all work way too hard.
I was going to make a post of this in the next week, and I still will after I make a video demonstrating the setup. But here, as it may guide you in making the responsible decision:
How to shave prep like a gentleman of science:
I use one of my PID controlled magnetic heat plates, with a scuttle or glassware as double boiler, set the temp, toss a dollop of cream in the bowl with a splash of water on the teflon stir bar. Set the temp and take a shower- come out and the cream is at the exact temperature I desire.
It makes my lather, perfect too I might add as you can see in pic 3, pic 2 is the vortex of the stir bar whipping the shave cream. :gl:
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Sorry, as soon as I heard Toledo I couldn't help but think of him :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by ironmaned1987
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Sounds good jnats! However I don't have a heat plate . . . . . . and it would be just one more thing to store in my already crowded bathroom. Think I will still do it "my way". Thanks for your input, to each their own! Ed
Yea Toledo Rockets!!!! :rofl2:
Load my brush from my Tabac jar, transfer to the DB skuttle, repeat a few times, whip up the lather in the skuttle adding some more water as needed. Do this every day. Maybe it's just me but it seems that putting a cake of soap in a skuttle kind of defeats the purpose of using a skuttle.
I did, before becoming a cold water shaver.Quote:
Originally Posted by ironmaned1987
I microwaved water in a big Pyrex pitcher 4 minutes (or until it reached about 165 degrees F measured with a cooking thermometer), and poured it in the outer bowl. I later replaced the microwaving with an electric kettle and let it heat up while I was in the shower (frankly that made the water too hot). I would lather in the inner bowl and it stayed warm for 20-25 minutes. I used a large scuttle for this.
I have read where other people used the scuttle just to keep the brush warm between passes and lathered elsewhere. Lynn Abrams has said he does this using a small scuttle.
Still others have put hot water in the sink and kept shaving bowl with soap there to keep the lather warm. I saw this being done on a YouTube video presented by Mantic59.
Anything that works for you is the way to go.
Give that man a Section 8!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rachmaninov
It seems to me that the purpose of using a scuttle is to produce "warm lather" . . . . .my method accomplishes that purpose. How am I defeating "the purpose of using a scuttle"? Please enlighten me as I said in the beginning of this thread, I am a "newbie" to this madness, but I am no "newbie" to life . . . . .I will be 79 this April. Ironman Ed (the reason I use the profile name "Ironmaned1987" is that I completed the Hawaiian Ironman World Championship Triathlon in 1987 at age 50. My time was 15 hours, 38 minutes and 55 seconds. A little slow but persistent and I made it to the finish line!):)Quote:
Originally Posted by apipeguy
My opinion only, the bottom of the skuttle bowl should stay the warmest. If a cake of soap is in the skuttle with just the lather on the upper portion of the bowl, there is little surface contact to keep the lather warm. If you have just lather in the bowl you have more surface area keeping the lather warm.Quote:
Originally Posted by ironmaned1987
Excellent answer, apipeguy! I never thought of it and it makes sense. I may re-think my method. Thanks for your help! Ed
If it works for you that's how you do it, but the scuttle is for producing warm lather not to use as a soap dish , that's what's being said here you load brush then whip lather in the scuttle , ,, your just using the puck the whole time continuisly , hard to get a proper lather if at some point you don't get off the puck,, but as said its your scuttle and the rules are there are no rules, heck if you want you can use anything you want , but for a bowl to keep my soap in, I could think of something better suited, like you said your new, and at your age, you may have used a brush and soap in the past I know I did. Tc
Thanks Tc! I got the message! I been using the pluck too much to make my lather; I will start whipping up some lather in my shaving bowl and then transfer the lather to the scuttle to keep it warm. I watched some of Lynn's videos and I can see that you don't need a lot of lather to transfer to the scuttle. I'll work on it until I find my "sweet spot" in the amount of lather to transfer. Currently I do not shave with a straight razor . . . . that is my next adventure that I would like to learn! I am currently using Gillett Pro Blade cartilages with a real horn handle. Thanks again for all your help! Never too old to learn! Ed
Yes, generally you load your brush with soap from the puck, then raise the lather elsewhere. It's not wrong to build the lather on the puck, but it probably uses the soap faster as you'll whip up far more lather than you need.
As to the original question on this thread, I think it depends on depth of the scuttle bowl. You can easily build lather in a shallow scuttle, while one that is deep may be difficult. The Straight Razor Design scuttles are really deep, and were intended for face latherers. You load up your brush, then place it in the scuttle to get warm while you do your prep, then do your face lather with a warm brush.
Yes, I do whip up much more lather than I need! Thanks for you help! Ed
Glad you care so much.Quote:
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