Over on Great Southern Land we've organised a Brotherhood of the Travelling Brush Scuttle.
Basically we're going to send a brush scuttle around Australia so that people can try one out and see if it's for them.
Much cheaper than buying one and finding you don't like it.
I promised the guys I'd write up some instructions and figured why not post them here so everyone can benefit
Note there's two main types of ( modern ) scuttles.
1. The brush scuttle is mainly used by face lathers. It's small, just big enough to fit your brush in. You built your lather on your face ( or some do it in another bowl ), and in between passes you put your lathered brush into it to keep the lather warm .
2. "Full size" scuttle, where the lather is built and stored in the scuttle in between passes.
The principle's exactly the same and all the instructions below hold true except in step 6 the lather would be built in the scuttles bowl rather than on the face.
There is nothing quite like warm lather on a cold wintery morning
So.....
1. Fill outer chamber with hot water
2. Fill inner chamber with hot water.
3. Soak brush in inner chamber as you normally would and go about your normal preperation. This not only soaks your brush but also pre warms the scuttle.
4. Empty both inner and outer chamber
5. Refill only the outer chamber with hot water
6. Lather up ( on face or in lather bowl )
7. In between passes place your brush ( and lather ) into the inner chamber.
8. Enjoy hot lather for your entire shave
Note that I've found that the heat will kill your lather a bit. To me this isn't actually a disadvantage but an advantage as I spend more time face lathering to rebuilt the lather which I believe results in better preperation.
Hope this helps someone out there !!!!!!
Basically we're going to send a brush scuttle around Australia so that people can try one out and see if it's for them.
Much cheaper than buying one and finding you don't like it.
I promised the guys I'd write up some instructions and figured why not post them here so everyone can benefit
Note there's two main types of ( modern ) scuttles.
1. The brush scuttle is mainly used by face lathers. It's small, just big enough to fit your brush in. You built your lather on your face ( or some do it in another bowl ), and in between passes you put your lathered brush into it to keep the lather warm .
2. "Full size" scuttle, where the lather is built and stored in the scuttle in between passes.
The principle's exactly the same and all the instructions below hold true except in step 6 the lather would be built in the scuttles bowl rather than on the face.
There is nothing quite like warm lather on a cold wintery morning
So.....
1. Fill outer chamber with hot water
2. Fill inner chamber with hot water.
3. Soak brush in inner chamber as you normally would and go about your normal preperation. This not only soaks your brush but also pre warms the scuttle.
4. Empty both inner and outer chamber
5. Refill only the outer chamber with hot water
6. Lather up ( on face or in lather bowl )
7. In between passes place your brush ( and lather ) into the inner chamber.
8. Enjoy hot lather for your entire shave
Note that I've found that the heat will kill your lather a bit. To me this isn't actually a disadvantage but an advantage as I spend more time face lathering to rebuilt the lather which I believe results in better preperation.
Hope this helps someone out there !!!!!!
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