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    And here I had thought you had been an Ordinary Seaman on the Ark. Wrong again it seems.

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    Here is that link Bob, this guy has the puck in the scuttle. I just found that the puck tends to slide around in the bowl of the scuttle which makes it hard to develop a good lather. I have seen other scuttles like this with "teeth" or ridges in the bowl to help hold the puck. I'm not ready to give up on that design yet but for the mean time I'll stick with the bowl...

    How to Use an Antique Shaving Scuttle - YouTube

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    Thanks for the link. If you have a normal hard puck, flat on top and bottom with parallel sides, it was not made to fit vintage scuttles with cupped soap bowls on top. You can grate it to make it fit and that would help stop it moving around. If you have a softer type soap like Cella or Valobra you can just press it in to fit. Personally I use cold water as I can't see cooking my brush knot in boiling water from a kettle up to the handle for 10 minutes. Anyway, there are all kinds of ways of doing things you have to find one that agrees with you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
    And here I had thought you had been an Ordinary Seaman on the Ark. Wrong again it seems.

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    Well I was a seamen but not on the Ark. I accompanied Odysseus on his journeys but only as a crewman. What a pain in the butt to load that Trojan Horse on and off the boat. My back still hurts from that.
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    I can use a slice of sticky ( after being used for other cleansing and a bit soft) soap in the old scuttles or also wipe a bit of semi hard soap against the bottom of the scuttle to make lather there.
    Still the face or bowl lather after the scuttle make sense.
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    The soap I had in it had the round bottom. It was older than me however...

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    To keep those from moving around lather up the bottom of the puck and let it sit till it is dried and glued to the scuttle. Older vintage soaps can still produce a decent lather but the scent can be mostly gone. Kinda hit and miss with old soaps.

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    I have wondered about the use of regular bars of soap for shaving in a pinch. Have never found myself in that situation yet, but glad to see this is possible. Thanks for the video.
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