Which is more suitable for lathering creams/super lathers? Does either one have a design advantage?
Apothecary Mug vs Soap Bowl
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The apothecary mug is a strange one. Wide at the top it quickly tapers to a narrow flat bottom. When I used creams and before I face lathered I found that mug to be awkward and not the best for building a lather. Now that I face lather I use the mug to hold hot water for wetting the brush tips.
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awkward as in not big enough?
IMHO - the Apothecary Mug is good if you build lather on the soap; this works for something like modern Williams.
Otherwise it is too deep for lathering - it's hard to get the brush in there.
Otherwise it is too deep for lathering - it's hard to get the brush in there.
I love mine for soap lathering. The wide top of the Col. Conk mug is nice. Sometimes I'll put a dab of cream on the brush first to build a "sorta" super lather. The knob handle is great to hold onto even if your fingers are a little wet.
I agree on the too deep for lathering - I have a bowl for that!!
Last week I was trying to get the last bit of soap off the bottom . . . it was a bit of a reach!!
Apothecary mugs are great for holding a puck of soap and loading a brush for either face lathering (my method) or lathering in a separate bowl. They have a some-what hour glass shape so I don't think they work as a lathering bowl. I think a round and shallow bowl is best for lathering.
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Well it looks like I'll be going with the EJ bowl. Thanks guys!
Unless you need (or particularly want) the logo on your bowl, there are plenty of other alternatives to be had. Just walk into your local market store and grab a suitably-sized cereal bowl for a couple of bucks. My thoughts are that anything spe......ed to do with shaving has a premium price tag attached and although I don't have a problem at all with paying for quality stuff, I feel that a lather bowl will eventually get chipped or dropped......
Funny you say that. I have a special shaving mug from Marvy, that is too deep. We are moving in a few weeks, and in the course of cleaning out some old stuff I found a pair of large 14 oz. coffee cups. I used one today, and it was perfect. About the only thing that I could see spending money on a lathering bowl is buy a scuttle to keep things warm, but right now, that is a little over the top for me.
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Most of the bowls sold specifically for shaving are actually rather useless (not wide enough, too deep, and too steep; basically useless for bowl lathering), so what you end up with is a really expensive kitchen bowl.
I have a large cappuccino mug that was gifted to me, and it works perfectly.
Save the $30 you would spend on one of these overpriced vessels for more important things, like another razor, or more soap/ shaving cream.
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Most of the bowls sold specifically for shaving are actually rather useless (not wide enough, too deep, and too steep; basically useless for bowl lathering), so what you end up with is a really expensive kitchen bowl.
I have a large cappuccino mug that was gifted to me, and it works perfectly.
Save the $30 you would spend on one of these overpriced vessels for more important things, like another razor, or more soap/ shaving cream.
Why does companies like Edwin Jagger, etc design them like that then? I know they don't design them to be useless.
I use a small mixing bowl that I bought for 50 cents at the 99 cent store.
1) They design them only to hold a soap puck, and not to actually lather in.
2) A misunderstanding of how the product is actually used.
3) They market these items towards someone who wants a pretty looking bowl for their counter, and is not overly concerned about actual function.
I personally don't see the point in spending big money for a bowl that is functionally no better (and often times worse) than a bowl that can be had for less than $5 at any department store.
I further don't see the point of spending good money on a bowl that I know I will break one day (using it on a wet sink top, on a small sink, the law of probability says it will get broken).
Would something like this work well ???? 70 cm in diameter....
That looks a lot like the cappucino mug I use. I found it a little deep but I found a slightly smaller bowl that sits just right on the rim for the two to work together as a scuttle, so the cappucino mug holds hot water and the smaller bowl is lathered in.
My opinion is that if you really want a nice fancy lather bowl, take your brush and go looking in kitchen stores and such for a mug that looks/feels right. Lots of opportunities for personal expression that way. It's really just a plain ol' bowl you need to hold the lather!
My opinion is that if you really want a nice fancy lather bowl, take your brush and go looking in kitchen stores and such for a mug that looks/feels right. Lots of opportunities for personal expression that way. It's really just a plain ol' bowl you need to hold the lather!
Different purposes - you can leave a puck of soap in the bottom of your mug, and charge your brush there, but you won't be using it to whip lather like you would in a lather bowl.
I find that I don't care for mugs all that much. Too much of a hassle when it comes to trying different soaps. I do have one now, which only holds whatever soap sample I might have around at the time. Also, it was a gift, so I feel bad about not using it. However, in the same amount of space, I can stack two or three little glass dishes with lids (which I picked up at Target) for different soaps that don't come with a container.
I find that I don't care for mugs all that much. Too much of a hassle when it comes to trying different soaps. I do have one now, which only holds whatever soap sample I might have around at the time. Also, it was a gift, so I feel bad about not using it. However, in the same amount of space, I can stack two or three little glass dishes with lids (which I picked up at Target) for different soaps that don't come with a container.
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