I always see the shaving soaps in wood bowls. But, does lathering shaving cream in a wood bowl work smoothly? I'm getting tired of this ceramic bowl looking for something smaller and a different texture.
Shaving cream in a wooden bowl?
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The wooden bowls don't hold up well to moisture I thought, shaving cream would probably not allow a long life for the wooden bowl
If the wood is treated it can do the trick but in time the whatever it's coated with will be worn away and it's all down hill from there I have a palm sized brass bowl that I use I find it comfortable to hold and a decent surface to lather on
This sounds like something I might try. I have an AOS bowl, currenly not in use (but with a couple of AOS pucks standing by). I might squeeze a bit of C.O. Bigelow into it (not the whole tube) and work from there. I'm not sure about the "doesn't stand up to moisture" warning. When I was using the AOS puck in the bowl, I ran some water on top of the puck to moisten it, so it seems moisture got in there anyway.
My concern would be with the shaving cream drying out. Maybe a gasket around the edges of the lid where it meets the bowl would help?
My concern would be with the shaving cream drying out. Maybe a gasket around the edges of the lid where it meets the bowl would help?
Lathering Shaving Soap in a wood bowl doesn't work smoothly either.
The wooden bowls are more for show, rather than any practical purpose.
They are much to shallow, and thus make a huge mess unless you hit them with a super dry brush. They are never meant for actually lathering in; you simply load your brush in the wooden bowl, and then complete the lather building process elsewhere: on your face, or in a different bowl.
If you haven't figured it out by now, I consider the wooden bowls to be basically useless, and a huge waste of money.
Wait - you want to STORE it in a wooden bowl, or use a wooden bowl for lathering?
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I was just talking about lathering in a wooden bowl not storing cream. I store my cream in the container it comes in.
Sure, no reason not to then. I'm not sure what wood versus any other material would offer, but it's worth trying at least once!
Similar issues were raised in a thread (not mine) about how long a wooden bowl (used for storage and lather loading) would last.
I too find even lather loading in a too-shallow wooden bowl is messy and inefficient...for me.
Someone suggested to me that like him I should use a scuttle or separate lathering bowl for building lather ( but I prefer to load and then face lather).
I favor a nice, deep, shaving mug/cup for both storage of the puck and my aggressive brush loading, then moving the loaded brush to the face for real lather build.
It's the (primitive?) way I learned and saves the cost of, and need to store, a separate lathering bowl.
Having fewer shaving items on display (or cluttering the bathroom vanity as SWMBO insists on believing) makes for some domestic tranquility...and it works for me!
