Thread: Shave Bowl Project - need some input

Hi Guys,

I'm working on a shaving bowl(geez, now is it shave bowl or shaving bowl?) project and I need some help. I'd like to gather a general idea of what you guys prefer when it comes to your soap kit.

Do you:

• Have your soap in one container and lather in a separate bowl
• Just lather on your soap in a mug or in it container - and don't use a bowl to lather
• Have a dedicated soap holder/receptacle for the different pucks you may have, or do you use one container with different soaps as and when you want?
• Prefer a double walled scuttle (with hot water) over a simple bowl as a daily lathering bowl i.e. how important is warm lather when choosing a lathering bowl?

Those are some of the basic questions I'd like to hear your guys answers to. If anyone cares to chat about their preferences I'd be much obliged.

Thanks,
- Mike

- I think this should have been posted in the "Brushes" forum right?

98% of the time I face lather, and for the rest I have a "Redneckscuttle" two bowls, one small for lather and a bigger one filled with hot water where I place the smaller one to keep the lather warm.

I guess what I am saying is that I'd prefer a double walled scuttle, I just haven't felt like spending the money on one since wouldn't use it that much

Originally Posted by Zephyr

98% of the time I face lather, and for the rest I have a "Redneckscuttle" two bowls, one small for lather and a bigger one filled with hot water where I place the smaller one to keep the lather warm.

I guess what I am saying is that I'd prefer a double walled scuttle, I just haven't felt like spending the money on one since wouldn't use it that much

Ok great, thanks so much. So you'd reckon a scuttle is a 'nice to have' but not a 'must have' daily piece of kit?

- Mike

I like my scuttle. Then I have the choice of using with hot water to warm the lather, or I can just use it as a lathering bowl if I should decide

Whether I'm using cream or soap, I always lather in a separate bowl. The bowl I have has a medium depth to it but not so much that the brush clangs on this side of the bowl. In my humble opinion, the bowl material needs to retain heat really well. Also just to be really picky, I like to hold my bowl in one hand therefore when I'm choosing a bowl it needs to have a small base possibly very small pedestal so it fits in the palm of my hand.

Originally Posted by MichaelC

Ok great, thanks so much. So you'd reckon a scuttle is a 'nice to have' but not a 'must have' daily piece of kit?

- Mike

Yes, it would be nice to have one for the rare occasions, but I manage perfectly well without one. Although this might change, the first 6-8 months I used a bowl, but switched to face lathering almost two years ago, some day in the future it might happen I switch back to bowl lathering, if so, a scuttle will be high on the list.

Hi, I use an old enamel cup and press my soap into it, then when I'm preparing to shave I fill my sink up with hot water and leave my 'soap dish cup' bobbing around in it. I then whip up a nice lather in the cup and because its made of enamelled steel it keeps nice and warm in the hot water. Very cheap and works an absolute treat!!

I use a pewter bowl intended for some other purpose. It is about the size of lacquer bowl for miso soup that you would get in a restaurant. It has a small foot. Everything happens in this bowl. Occasionally I polish this bowl and experience a partial rebirth.

Many of my soaps are in the mfr's containers, some have a dedicated dish. I load up my brush in the soap dish and then lather in a seperate larger bowl (I very rarely face lather).

What I do for loose pucks is to place them in a small bowl (roughly shaving soap sized) and press the puck into it for brush loading. When I'm done I remove the puck (let it dry before storage) and clean out the bowl for future use. Call it a temporary soap dish lol

Homebrew double wall stainless < than 3 bux, to make,worked great but no time for scuttles,are a PITA for me,just face lather.