Thread: Who's got the hottest shave cream?

Originally Posted by Scipio

Ever tried shaving with cold water? You won't have this problem if you do.
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I have when hot water was unavailable. Very unpleasent experience, not something I would do by choice.

With my SRD scuttle, I still have hot lather after 15 minutes, 3 passes.

i myself went several routes to find hot lather and after finally building my own scuttle... i figured hot lather really isn't that great.. i mean.. sure it feels nice.. but is it really worth the extra time it takes to warm it? i think i'm ok with room temperature lather.

Go to WalMart with 7 Dollars and buy a Redneck Scuttle. They're in the Lawn and Garden dept. It is called a self watering flower pot. It's a Double Decker deal with a ceramic bowl sitting inside a bigger ceramic bowl.

Im with Johnny , and JPM get a dirty bird scuttle( i have the ig one and love it!!!) or go to walmart and get yourself an electric kettle and redneck scuttle, only thing is u have to play with the heat because if the water gets TOO hot then it will break down the lather and dry it out. Also as i and man people have done go thrift store shopping and find a bowl to fit into another bowl, very cost effective and works like a charm. heres a thread about it
http://straightrazorpalace.com/misce...e-scuttle.html

You could drive to the Ginna nuclear plant and shave with some of their discharge water. I'm worried about this hot water obsession.

Yeah, Hot water is not that big of a deal.

Originally Posted by stimpy52

You could drive to the Ginna nuclear plant and shave with some of their discharge water.

If I wanted to get hot water from a nuclear plant it wouldn't be the discharge water. There's alot hotter water than that in those things.

Are people really saying that hot water isn't that big a deal? In that case, neither is having a best badger brush, an old W&B razor, or a tube of proraso. Might as well be a savage with Gillette and a disposable.

It's simply a matter of preference, and my preference happens to be a wicked hot lather.

...BTW I tried the cold water - polar bear style - and I'm NOT into that. Thanks though.

I'm new here but I have been using an old metal coffee cup (could probably find one in a camping section somewhere). By using metal, it seems as though the heat just transfers right to the cream, thus keeping it hot for a good amount of time. The one I have has a very wide opening so that isn't much of an issue. This may be a cheap option if you want to give it a go. Good luck