looks great I bet you could sell a bunch here!!
And as far as price, I'm the type of guy who is really particular about what I get for the price I paid. Currently based on the pricing of say the Big 4 scuttle makers 'round here, DB and Bonneyman are very overpriced, Georgetown is fair, and Beckers price is awesome. I'd shoot for between Becker and Georgetown. That's my opinion though.
Thanks for sharing, can't wait to see where this goes for you... and all of us!
from what i understand, the GT is not handthrown or clay or something. it's a different process and not nearly the quality of true pottery (sorry, my terminology may be way way off).
Based on their website it looks like it's hand-built, which means rolling clay out and cutting it to size and/or shaping it on a form, then putting the pieces together. It's "real pottery," just not wheel-thrown. Hand building can offer very good precision and repeatability, but frequently not the same sort of elegant shapes you can throw on a wheel. At least, that's been my experience thus far.
I was actually talking with my wife about doing this earlier today. I used it again today for my daily shave and had no problems with the floating issue. The "alpha" version did, this one is much better. You can hear the pieces move against each other a little bit, but that's it. Even that is stopped if you put a finger on it, or reach your thumb forward from the handle.i for one, do NOT like the 2pce design for a BOWL scuttle. i could see it moving around a lot when lathering as the water would force it to float bit, so you'd have to hold it against the lower bowl and also the handle, and see it being cumbersome. i'd love to see a video of how you lathered it with water in the lower reservoir and how much it moved around and/or how you held it (pick up bowl and lather, then place in, or lather directly with bowl on water portion)
We have discussed some other items she could make. she already makes some nice lidded clay "boxes" for use to hold jewelry and other small things. Just a bit of adjustment of the size to make it compatible with a range of refills and they'd look quite handsome.Have her make some small mixing bowls. Probably about the size of the inner bowl in the pic above. You can find polished metal ones on E=Bay for a go-bye pic. Make them large enough that a lg puck fits in the bottom and make matching LIDS for them. Nice colors and well glazed...I sure think they would sell..??
Interesting suggestions! The rubber foot is certainly something that would have appeal to some and not others. Either way, it's not much addition to the time or cost of making the piece. That might just be a universally available, no-cost option on each order.I cut a round rubber disk that I glued to the bottom of my DB 1.5 that keeps it much more secure on a slick counter-top, that might be an option. Offer numbered limited editions...guys like to collect stuff here!
Several people have mentioned things along these lines. Nice looking out. However, the way the piece fits together internally, it's not necessary. The inner bowl is in contact with the outer bowl all the way around. The visual "gap" is caused by the fact that the outer bowl shrank a little more than the inner bowl. The thicker top portion of the bowl is there to make sure it contacts the outer bowl if nothing else, but in this particular model the contact point is a fraction of an inch lower. It's a fact of life for wheel thrown (and sometimes even hand built) stoneware, unfortunately. Slip-casting, which uses dies and carefully controlled water/clay mixes, is more precise. Like the stuff used to make stoneware plates and bowls for decorating stores.Add a lip. Close the gap. Heat might escape.