Gentlemen
I think we should have a thread for all the different/interesting items we use for soaps, lathering etc. They can be vintage, modern, re-purposed or your favourite mug, cereal bowl...whatever you like to whip up your soaps with.
The first pic has my gravy/cream boats that I use for my hard soaps. They have a built-in "brush rest" and work really well. I heat the soaps up and press them into the boats so they don't slide around. Depending on the soap, I do the 20 second microwave blasts or use hot water etc. Also picked up the bowl at Winners for $5. It has a raised design which is great for bowl lathering.
The last two are a shaving mug from Empire Silver Co. which was established back in 1946. It was pretty grotty so I used a metal polish and cleaned it up. It's hard to see but the "quadruple" silver plating is worn off on a significant portion of the mug plus the dints that have accumulated over its lifetime. It works best for smaller brushes as the rest is small as well. My 26 mm synthetics don't fit well at all. So it's mainly for looks and history. Lets see what everyone else has and uses.
Cheers
I think we should have a thread for all the different/interesting items we use for soaps, lathering etc. They can be vintage, modern, re-purposed or your favourite mug, cereal bowl...whatever you like to whip up your soaps with.
The first pic has my gravy/cream boats that I use for my hard soaps. They have a built-in "brush rest" and work really well. I heat the soaps up and press them into the boats so they don't slide around. Depending on the soap, I do the 20 second microwave blasts or use hot water etc. Also picked up the bowl at Winners for $5. It has a raised design which is great for bowl lathering.
The last two are a shaving mug from Empire Silver Co. which was established back in 1946. It was pretty grotty so I used a metal polish and cleaned it up. It's hard to see but the "quadruple" silver plating is worn off on a significant portion of the mug plus the dints that have accumulated over its lifetime. It works best for smaller brushes as the rest is small as well. My 26 mm synthetics don't fit well at all. So it's mainly for looks and history. Lets see what everyone else has and uses.
Cheers
