What are your tricks of the trade to get a nice luxurious hot lather?
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Emil
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Emil
Hot Lather ?
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Soak your bowl, brush, soap, cream and whatever else you are using.
Scuttle or a reasonable facsimile of a scuttle.
in lieu of an expensive scuttle, you could get a bobe for 5 or 10 bucks.
Moss Scuttle. It's become an indispensible part of my morning shave.
Scuttle and a hot pot to heat the water.
Mug and hot pot. Hot pots are like $10 at Bed Bath and Beyond, you have no reason to deny yourself hot lather for $10.
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Is the Moss scuttle big enought to build a cream based lather in?
When I soak my brush, I put it in my lathering bowl, fill it with hot water, put that in a sink filled with hot water, then hit the shower. When it's time to shave, I dump all the water, fill the sink again, then lather up. I keep the bowl in the sink -- a foamy island surrounded by hot water -- as I make my passes. Lather stays nice and warm.
some are. You can get lathering scuttles for this, or brush scuttles that are just used to hold the brush
When I want really hot lather I use a scuttle. First, I heat water in an electric kettle until just before boiling. Then I fill the lower chamber and top bowl of the scuttle and put my brush in the bowl. Then I heat more water, but this time to boiling. I dump the old water out of the scuttle and refill the lower chamber and just put a small splash in the top bowl.
The only problem I have with this method is that my lather tends to dry much, much faster than normal. In fact, I usually never have problems with my lather drying out. To remedy that problem you just need to add some more water as you shave.
The only problem I have with this method is that my lather tends to dry much, much faster than normal. In fact, I usually never have problems with my lather drying out. To remedy that problem you just need to add some more water as you shave.
You can make a "ghetto scuttle" if you find two bowls, one slightly bigger than the other, so that the bigger bowl sits on top of the smaller one. Fill the smaller bowl with hot water, and viola warm lather goodness.
Georgetown scuttle. Nice warm lather for as many passes as needed. Well worth the money. 
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Really, really liking the Georgetown Scuttle.
Scuttles are fantastic
I would recommend a DirtyBird scuttle and an electric kettle. Owning both a Georgetown and a DB I have found a huge difference in performance.
The DB easily outperforms the GT in terms of thermal retention. Heavier, thicker ceramic walls and larger water volume give it a larger thermal mass.
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The DB easily outperforms the GT in terms of thermal retention. Heavier, thicker ceramic walls and larger water volume give it a larger thermal mass.
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I have the Dirty Bird scuttle and using it with just the hot tap water gives me great warm lather which I can lather up in the scuttle itself. It's a heavy chunky thing though, and some lather dries out quicker, but today I made up a great lather with Tabac and had a great warm shave.
Can the scuttle be used to make nice hot lather from shaving cream, such as the Body Shop's Macca Root cream which I use almost exclusively as opposed to soaps?
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