If you go for a copper bowl don't leave a puck inside. Otherwise they are pretty and durable.
Whats the best Shaving bowl
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Open bowls will let the Mitchell’s puck dry out between uses. That’s why I use the ceramic crock that came with my first puck. It has a lid to keep the puck from drying out.
I like stainless.
This one holds two sticks of Arko, moulded:
Any of these can double as a soap bowl:
In a pinch I have used an old Proraso tub. Not classy but does the trick:
I would consider this one most versatile:
This one holds two sticks of Arko, moulded:
Any of these can double as a soap bowl:
In a pinch I have used an old Proraso tub. Not classy but does the trick:
I would consider this one most versatile:
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Reading your post one would understand that you want to load and build lather on the soap. Something that I have never done and would not recommend doing. It is just my opinion. I load from a puck but build lather either on face or in a separate bowl. Latter is my favourite.
When I started using shaving soap and brushes, I saw a youtube video by Michael Feedberg called 'how to build a lather'. He said there were two ways to do it that he called the dry brush and the wet brush methods, but imo these are only slightly different variants of the face lathering method, and ime which one is better depends on the soap. I didn't know some shavers used a separate bowl for lathering, and that what I was doing was called face lathering, until much later. Maybe it's because I started out that way, but face lathering is the only way I'll do it.
For lathering a Captain’s Choice Copper Lather Bowl is the go. To keep the soap and lather from the puck I would use an Old Spice Mug.
I have several thrift store offerings. Onion soup pots with the lid and handle works well for me.
Sterling silver.
Size and shape are more important than material. If both come together, like they do in this little beauty, even better.
I have got a used loccitane bowl I use. IKEA has some Alluminium or stainless spice jars resembling soap jars.
Thrift stores might be interesting.
Thrift stores might be interesting.
I went with this. Most of my brushes have shorter handles.
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Pottery Shaving Bowl - Etsy
🔶Simplify your shaving kit with a handmade shaving bowl that does double duty. The bottom part of the bowl gives you a place to store your solid soap while the upper part gives you a place to make lather. The bowls texture lets you quickly aerate soap for super rich lather. The flared walls give you
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I've started to press soap in a wide lathering bowl. There's loads of room to poach the brush and I find this FAR superior to loading out of the usual containers soaps cone in. I don't great the lather in the bowl, but face lather. I don't cover the bowl but leave alone. It's the best way I've ever loaded soap and get superb shaves.
I received the Captain’s Choice copper for Christmas. I’m really enjoying it. Beautiful to look at, fits my hand and is great for making lather. I don’t keep. Puck in it. For that I use an Old Spice mug from An antique store or the bowls that came with soap that I’ve finished. I never can throw those out
Seventeen squirts of water and six minutes of lathering later:
I like the vintage Corelle coffee cup for lathering.
It's cheap, durable and well suited to the task.
The size and shape of it keeps the brush handle
from clattering against the edge of the cup.
I never felt the need for a textured surface inside the cup
to aid aeration.
I learned to lather William's from three YouTubes.
The first two were bad reviews complaining that
it formed large bubbles which collapsed quickly.
The third YouTube was about how to lather William's
and point was that after the large bubbles form,
you keep going,
and then you get the fine bubbles which don't collapse.
The first two YouTubes emphasized the consequences
of not doing it right.
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The brush is a synthetic, so most of the rules which apply to the use of natural brushes
don't apply.
All that you have to do to begin lathering,
is to get your puck and your brush and your water into the cup at the same time.
The spray bottle makes it easy for me to measure the amount of water.
