What type of bowl do you use for lathering? How many of you own a proper lathering bowl or just use a cereal bowl or soup mug?
Bowl for lathering
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I use a salsa bowl. I have a couple of mugs but the salsa bowl is what I primarily grab
When I bowl lather - about half the time - I use the bowl on the left in the pic. I saw another member here using it and really liked the looks, and it performs beautifully. The craftsperson is in Israel, I think - she sells them on ETSY.
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I keep an eye out for thrift store finds. As each brush has it's own size and habits, each brush has it's own bowl.
A soup mug or any other bowl that is about 2.5 to 2.75 in at the bottom and about 4 to 5 in high is ok. Anything that YOU feel comfortable whipping up your lather is fine.
Any bowl that you can comfortably nest in your palm wrap your fingers around or has a handle is a good thing to have.
Any bowl that you can comfortably nest in your palm wrap your fingers around or has a handle is a good thing to have.
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Georgetown Scuttles beat bowls every time, adding heat to the great lather. However I have a Japanese bowl actually meant for grating wasabi, that lathers like crazy. I'm just afraid it's too rough for a good badger, so I reserve it for my boar, which I don't use.
Thrift store sugar bowl. Cost me 62 cents.
i HAVE SEVERAL BUT LOVE MY OLD SPICE MUG
I even have a stainless type which lather verry nice
IKEA 5" or so, stainless steel mixing bowl. In the kitchen supplies area for like $3.
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Nice! Love mine too!
I started with a Walmart soup mug, then switched to a thrift store soup mug... now I just use my face.
I use (not often) a rice bowl I bought from Target because it has a lid and a lip to prevent lather from pouring out. Then I started to use a cereal bowl I got from Walmart because I loved how it looked and it was nice and big. I now exclusively use my George Town Scuttle... Love that thing!!!! Best investment I have made.
Stoneware cereal bowl I grabbed on clearance at target for about 4 bucks. It's large, but fits my hands well and allows me to really agitate that lather without sending it all over the bathroom.
I bowl-shave 90% of the time, with the wonderful bowl pictured below. It has enough texture to whip up great lather. Hand-made by Utilemud on Etsy.
I like hand-made, but so much artisan pottery is, what, too earthy, too oatmeal, too craft-fair for my crazy taste.
I like hand-made, but so much artisan pottery is, what, too earthy, too oatmeal, too craft-fair for my crazy taste.
I use an Edwin Jagger RN6 bowl most of the time, others a buffalo horn bowl. The Buffalo horn bowl makes fantastic lather, but the RN6 transfers heat better 
I have used bowls and custom potter scuttles ect and They just don't transfer heat as well as soapstone. I looked everywhere and couldn't find what I wanted so I made my own out of soapstone I have tried several colors and harnesses , the heat transfer is amazing!!! The small bubbles balloon and the foam is super warm. It works so good all my friends want one and I have done over ten. Try it soapstone is the secret thin wall no more than an inch.
