Let's see your favorite shaving mug.

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Fellow Mugsters:

I 'm waiting on a 3in Plastic (plumbing), Test Cap that I'll use as a Cover (I like this one because of little 'nipple' used to grasp the cover), for my Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog Ceramic Shaving Mug (I'm a 90% face latherer & 10% scuttle user), which is 3¼in tall and 3in across the top.

“One Razor, One Mug & Brush, One Lather; One Shave at a Time”. CBJ

 

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Fellow Mugsters:
View attachment 978871 I 'm waiting on a 3in Plastic (plumbing), Test Cap that I'll use as a [Lid] (I like this one because of little 'nipple' used to grasp the [lid]), for my Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog Ceramic Shaving Mug (I'm a 90% face latherer & 10% scuttle user), which is 3¼in tall and 3in across the top.

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Corrections in Blue above.

"A good lather [in a mug] is half the shave". William Hone

 

[Tanuki]

New favorite, found in the wild today:

Ceramic, not glass. Glaze has gone all crackly. It replaced an 89 cent IKEA glass coffee mug.

 

[John Rose]

A thin-walled stainless steel (salad?) bowl, from Atlantic Superstore, for something like $3 or $4.

Hammered Stainless Steel Bowl

• John Rose
• Oct 31, 2016
• 1

This is my lather bowl of choice for now. It floats like a cork in my sink of hot water.

It floats in the hot rinse water, so it functions much like a modern scuttle.

Floating Stainless Steel Lather Bowl

• John Rose
• May 29, 2017

with Semogue 620, and a silicone rubber trivet at the bottom.

Mmmmm... warm lather.

You can get an identical one from Karve Shaving Co. for somewhat more.

 

[Gryffindor]

Favorite mug on the left.

I prefer the bowl to the mug for lather building, though.

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[Tanuki]

Favorite mug on the left.

I prefer the bowl to the mug for lather building, though.

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Any idea how old those ceramic Old Spice mugs are? It wasn’t all about the quality control, was it?

 

[Gryffindor]

Any idea how old those ceramic Old Spice mugs are? It wasn’t all about the quality control, was it?

1938 and forward.

Old Spice Collectibles

 

[Tanuki]

1938 and forward.

Old Spice Collectibles

Thanks for the link! A very well-documented rabbit hole, indeed!
Hull Pottery 03 here.

 

[Gryffindor]

Thanks for the link! A very well-documented rabbit hole, indeed!
Hull Pottery 03 here.

You’re welcome! The pottery mugs are great!


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[DCRIII]

Pereira lather bowl

 

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Fellow Mugsters:

My Shaving w/ a 3in Plastic (plumbing), Test Cap as a Lid.

“What is elegance? [Shaving soap, brush, razor] and water”! Sir Cecil Beaton

 

[Vraad]

Let's bring the dead thread back! I wanna see some interesting mug/bowls! here's mine(black and red one) plus a New one I just saved from an antique store. Now I can see if dots or a swirl makes lather faster

 

[EclipseRedRing]

I have a small collection of Shulton Old Spice mugs including these two lovely Wade examples which are my favourites.

 

[ED3054]

As of Right Now this one is my Favorite.

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[Vraad]

my mug that I left back east was a goodwill buy for like 1.99 it was a massive coffee cup but perfect for lathering and it's "hello gorgeous" cracked my ugly mug up. it was a grand cup

 

[Owen Bawn]

I have 2 faves. The 1976 Williams Mug and an old school mug from my old school...

 

[BobbyB]

I have tried several mugs, all with good to great results; however, I love and consistently use my Q-Shave scuttle.

 

[AnimalCatcher]

When using a mug, I usually reach for my Wm. Neumann & Co., but the Pereira Shavery bowls are also very nice. My favorite collectible mugs are a Champrel 'A Mug for a Mug', a Old Spice mug w/soap and box (1944-46), Seaforth with rare cigarette holder top, and a Pickwick Cosmetic Corp. Mexicali soap and cigarette jar. All contain the original soap except the Mexicali jar.

 

[Lefonque]

 

[gdawg55]

Quick question. How do most of you use a shaving mug? Do you keep a soap puck in the bottom? If so, do you just lather off the puck then to your face? What do you do once you finish shaving? Do you leave the excess lathered soap on the puck or do you rinse it off? I am waiting to receive an Old Spice mug and I'm wondering the best way to use it.

I currently load my brush from the soap container and then lather in a Captains Choice copper bowl. Just wondering how to best use a mug?