Brush loading whilst holding...

[elsmooth]

Good afternoon, all! Quick question/poll...how often do you guys simply buy a refill puck (sans the bowl) and just load the brush while holding the puck in your hand? I love soap, and I love the wooden bowls, however, I don't love the $20 price diff usually found by buying the puck in the bowl.

This probably doesn't count so much for the melt and pours, as I know you can just heat and reshape for the mug/bowl you desire to use, however, the triple-milled appear to be a different story.

 

[mmack66]

Never. I bought some Anchor Hocking 1-cup glass bowls with lids at WalMart to hold my soaps. They were about $2 each and came in a pack of 4 bowls. They now carry Pyrex bowls/lids instead of Anchor Hocking.

 

[kingfisher]

Never. I use Mama Bear's soap containers.

 

[Schwert]

Never also.

I don't buy the expensive bowls, but use latte mugs and Old Spice mugs for all my soaps. Any puck can be made to fit another container by trimming or milling or force.

 

[Leche]

While I would like to, its just not very feasible, and even if it was I would prefer a couple more pucks of soap. I too use the pyrex and MB containers.

 

[auk1124]

I'm not coordinated enough. If I tried that my soap would at some point sail out of my hand and arc past the sink, straight into the toilet.

 

[GoldenMonkey]

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[Gogo]

I've done it, but you tend to go through the soap faster. This can be a good thing if you're trying to justify buying a different soap by getting rid of another.

 

[dpm802]

I do it frequently. The only (active) soap I have in a bowl is Tabac, and there are times when I'm tempted to take it out of the bowl to expose more area for loading the brush.

Today I lathered up with some L'Occ Cade and KMF Lav/Shea. No problems at all to hold the soap in my left hand while I worked it with the brush held in my right.

After finishing the shave, I pat the soap dry with a towel before I replace it in a soap box.

If this is going to be your normal method, it helps to cut the soap into halves or quarters when it is brand new. This makes it easier to hold, and keeps the rest of the puck fresh and dry in reserve.

 

[mdunn]

very rarely. ive done it a few times, and used a puck like a shaving stick, but its a bit of a PITA

 

[Go West Young Man]

Good afternoon, all! Quick question/poll...how often do you guys simply buy a refill puck (sans the bowl) and just load the brush while holding the puck in your hand? I love soap, and I love the wooden bowls, however, I don't love the $20 price diff usually found by buying the puck in the bowl.

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What would you do with the puck afterwards? Seems like you'd have some sort of container for storage, and might as well leave it in there to load the brush.

 

[dpm802]

What would you do with the puck afterwards? Seems like you'd have some sort of container for storage, and might as well leave it in there to load the brush.

I keep my Cade in a plastic soap dish, along with a piece of Provence Sante and some MWF. I have to take it out to avoid crossover between the soaps, but I'm careful to towel-dry it before I put it back in.

 

[Iakona]

I actually prefer holding the puck in my hand - that way I can really mash the brush on and load the center, then I load the tips and then the outside. I use a refill of MWF that way, just kept the box and throw it back in there when I'm done. I can't say if I use more soap than normal, I'm fairly new at this.

 

[BroJohn]

There are several soap cakes that I 'palm' and think that this method works well. It is my preferred method with Provence Sante, and I'm looking at how I can remove Pre d' Provence from its tin.

-- John Gehman

 

[DSFC]

I'm a cheapskate, so although I recently bought my first soap, there is no way I was spending an extra ten bucks for a bowl. What I've been doing is, while my brush is soaking in my lather bowl, I get a nice hot face cloth and wrap the puck in it. Then I just leave the puck on it to load the brush.

I've noticed that it is wasteful, and I'll get around to getting a container for it, but once again....cheapskate

 

[texbilly]

Only when the puck is new and I don't want to wait to mill it into one of my containers.

 

[dpm802]

There are several soap cakes that I 'palm' and think that this method works well. It is my preferred method with Provence Sante,

If you look closely at the emblem on the top of a Provence Sante puck, you'll see a man face-lathering by hand. No brush in sight. PS is the only soap I know of that does this, although I've hand-lathered just about every soap and cream that I have at one time or another.

 

[BroJohn]

If you look closely at the emblem on the top of a Provence Sante puck, you'll see a man face-lathering by hand. No brush in sight. PS is the only soap I know of that does this, although I've hand-lathered just about every soap and cream that I have at one time or another.

The 'emblem' on the face of the puck is long gone. I'll check my spare.

-- John Gehman

 

[Pescara]

Always, and just after I've run the puck over my beard. Pucks are just flat shave sticks.

 

[dpm802]

The 'emblem' on the face of the puck is long gone. I'll check my spare.