Thread: Mitchell's woll fat ceramic bowl

Anybody know the best place to buy Mitchell's wool fat in the ceramic bowl I. Gonna try it for the first time.

SRD is selling it & so does Classic. Both are site sponsors. I have had fair deals with each of them.

Unless you have your heart set on the ceramic bowl you can save a bundle by buying the refill puck instead. It's up to you. You can also shop around and find the occasional deal online as well.

IME it is good news and bad news. The good news is that the ceramic bowl is beautiful. Heavy and solid with lovely old style lettering imprinted on the lid. The bad news is that the puck will shrink and never stick to the inner bowl. You .... if you have the same experience I've had, will always be holding the puck with a thumb to keep it stationary while you're loading the brush. If I had it to do over again, and knew what I know now, I would have just bought a refill and put it in a container.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

IME it is good news and bad news. The good news is that the ceramic bowl is beautiful. Heavy and solid with lovely old style lettering imprinted on the lid. The bad news is that the puck will shrink and never stick to the inner bowl. You .... if you have the same experience I've had, will always be holding the puck with a thumb to keep it stationary while you're loading the brush. If I had it to do over again, and knew what I know now, I would have just bought a refill and put it in a container.

Does the puck shrink over years or months? I've had my MWF puck with ceramic dish for about 6 months and it stuck to the dish when I first started using it, and it is still sticking now and it doesn't seem to have shrunk.

Originally Posted by Skippy

Does the puck shrink over years or months? I've had my MWF puck with ceramic dish for about 6 months and it stuck to the dish when I first started using it, and it is still sticking now and it doesn't seem to have shrunk.

You're a lucky guy .... there is another MWF thread where, IIRC, most guys also had shrinking and cracking in their MWF pucks. OTOH, I must say that I have a variety of soap/cream and may go weeks without using one or another. So if used daily maybe it wouldn't 'act' like mine has .... dunno ?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

IME it is good news and bad news. The good news is that the ceramic bowl is beautiful. Heavy and solid with lovely old style lettering imprinted on the lid. The bad news is that the puck will shrink and never stick to the inner bowl. You .... if you have the same experience I've had, will always be holding the puck with a thumb to keep it stationary while you're loading the brush. If I had it to do over again, and knew what I know now, I would have just bought a refill and put it in a container.

If I recall correctly, Jimmy, I had some luck with wetting the bottom of the
puck fairly well and then pressing it down until there was some adherence.
I think it was enough to get the puck to stay still while I loaded the brush!

You're right on the money with the beautiful part

- Scott

+1 on SRD

I wet the bottom of mine when I got it then let it sit overnight. The first couple of weeks I lathered completely with the bowl, I think that packed excess lather/soap around the puck as it fills the bowl completely now.

That said, I use it a few times a week and always put the lid back on when I'm done lathering. No cracking here after 3 or 4 months of use.

I'm down to the last dregs of the puck and even though it moves around, so what? It still lathers up no problem for me. I have the logo bowl.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I'm down to the last dregs of the puck and even though it moves around, so what? It still lathers up no problem for me. I have the logo bowl.

TBH I never have been able to like this stuff. Even when I build a lather that looks rich and thick it is thin and gone on my face. I use it to go along with a cream when I do use it. I'll never buy it again when it's gone. The jug will be for small nick knacks.