I was looking at the design of the Moss Scuttle the other day and was struck that the innovative feature for this shaving scuttle is that the lather bowl actually sits in the hot water underneath. It looks like many of the traditional scuttles have the hot water well below the lather bowl. This must impede the efficiency of heating the lather.
Well, it seems that the Moss Scuttle is very similar in design to a regular double boiler. I did a search of double boilers on eBay and found a couple that might work as a shaving scuttle (there are dozens of double boilers listed).
The first is a Revereware 1 qt. double boiler. The listing states that the bowl is 3" in depth and 5 3/4" in diameter: that sounds about right for a lather bowl. The metal bowl also looks rounded at the bottom.
This second design is a copper pot with a ceramic insert.
These are both interesting, but still look like they belong in the kitchen, not the bathroom. I am sure that someone will say that filling the sink with hot water and placing a heavy lather bowl in that water is the quickest, easiest scuttle of all!
Cheers,
Danny
Well, it seems that the Moss Scuttle is very similar in design to a regular double boiler. I did a search of double boilers on eBay and found a couple that might work as a shaving scuttle (there are dozens of double boilers listed).
The first is a Revereware 1 qt. double boiler. The listing states that the bowl is 3" in depth and 5 3/4" in diameter: that sounds about right for a lather bowl. The metal bowl also looks rounded at the bottom.
This second design is a copper pot with a ceramic insert.
These are both interesting, but still look like they belong in the kitchen, not the bathroom. I am sure that someone will say that filling the sink with hot water and placing a heavy lather bowl in that water is the quickest, easiest scuttle of all!
Cheers,
Danny