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Hi all,
I normally don't post reviews but I feel this one is warranted. I have been using my Georgetown Pottery G 20 scuttle for a few shaves now and I must admit, it has been a game changer.
I have couple of lovely bows from a Scotland based potter called Stephen Baxter . I love his bowls and I have a lovely blue bowl that I stare at for a few seconds every time before I shave. A year back, I saw someone make a post on how warm/ hot lather had made a noticeable difference in a great way in their shaving routine and I decided to give it a shot. I did not own a scuttle and I had to MacGyver a solution to create warm lather. I began placing my bowl inside a bigger bowl filled with hot water and used that set up while creating lather. While it worked and I absolutely could not go back to cold lather, the whole process was cumbersome. If a shave went a bit long, the lather goes cold and I had to fill up the reservoir with hot water again. Doing all of this mid shave was not at all ideal. But I was ok doing it as I assumed that there were any alternatives available.
I came across the concept of scuttle and specifically, the G 20 scuttle a few months ago but I kept postponing the decision to buy it thinking that I just did not need another bowl. I also did not think that it would be any different or would provide any advantage over my current setup as I assumed that a scuttle would always be a trade-off between the functional part of the bowl and the reservoir that holds the hot water.
A couple of months back, I got a mail from Georgetown Pottery saying that all their scuttles will be permanently discontinued . Purely on FOMO , I decided to get one and boy did I make the right decision!
Simply put, it is incredible! The workmanship is superb! When you hold it, you can see that it has been made with great care and attention! The finish is excellent! But a scuttle is only as good as the warmth it provides and it is precisely here where it just takes the shaving experience to a whole another new level I had previously not experienced!
It has a huge and I mean a huge reservoir and that plays a big role in why it excels in functionality! It can hold over 1/2 a litre of hot water and can you keep your lather hot for at least 30 minutes (and certainly more although I did not need it any more than that!). I am not talking warm, I am talking hot! I could never achieve this level of thermal joy in a normal bowl!
The functional part of the bowl was as big as my other bowls and that was another huge plus. I was completely wrong in my assumption that a scuttle would be a trade-off between the reservoir and bowl size as the G 20 does not hold back on either. It is unapologetic about what it is and what it intends to achieve! The internals are ridged and there are 4 button like grooves at the button that aid in whipping up a gorgeous hot lather that stays hot for a long time!
The only con and I would not even call it one but for the sake of this review, let me call it as one - it is big and you need a big space on your bathroom shelf or anywhere for that matter to store it. But I don't think I would have liked it any smaller as I feel it would not achieve what its creator set out to achieve!
I am sucker of all things Blue and I badly wanted the Blue Hamada but the Blue Hamada was out of stock and I ended up getting the Purple Hamada which is equally. I must say that the pics on the George Town Pottery site are 100% accurate and what you see on the site is what you get. Will share more pics of the beaut that is G20 scuttle in a few hours as I just finished a shave and I am quickly penning this down without postponing it
If you are on the fence on a scuttle and/or the G20 in specific, I would 100% recommend it! From what I heard, once this batch sells out, they won't be restocking it again.
All in all a 10/10 to the G 20 or should I say a 20/20!? Have a great week ahead y'all!
I normally don't post reviews but I feel this one is warranted. I have been using my Georgetown Pottery G 20 scuttle for a few shaves now and I must admit, it has been a game changer.
I have couple of lovely bows from a Scotland based potter called Stephen Baxter . I love his bowls and I have a lovely blue bowl that I stare at for a few seconds every time before I shave. A year back, I saw someone make a post on how warm/ hot lather had made a noticeable difference in a great way in their shaving routine and I decided to give it a shot. I did not own a scuttle and I had to MacGyver a solution to create warm lather. I began placing my bowl inside a bigger bowl filled with hot water and used that set up while creating lather. While it worked and I absolutely could not go back to cold lather, the whole process was cumbersome. If a shave went a bit long, the lather goes cold and I had to fill up the reservoir with hot water again. Doing all of this mid shave was not at all ideal. But I was ok doing it as I assumed that there were any alternatives available.
I came across the concept of scuttle and specifically, the G 20 scuttle a few months ago but I kept postponing the decision to buy it thinking that I just did not need another bowl. I also did not think that it would be any different or would provide any advantage over my current setup as I assumed that a scuttle would always be a trade-off between the functional part of the bowl and the reservoir that holds the hot water.
A couple of months back, I got a mail from Georgetown Pottery saying that all their scuttles will be permanently discontinued . Purely on FOMO , I decided to get one and boy did I make the right decision!
Simply put, it is incredible! The workmanship is superb! When you hold it, you can see that it has been made with great care and attention! The finish is excellent! But a scuttle is only as good as the warmth it provides and it is precisely here where it just takes the shaving experience to a whole another new level I had previously not experienced!
It has a huge and I mean a huge reservoir and that plays a big role in why it excels in functionality! It can hold over 1/2 a litre of hot water and can you keep your lather hot for at least 30 minutes (and certainly more although I did not need it any more than that!). I am not talking warm, I am talking hot! I could never achieve this level of thermal joy in a normal bowl!
The functional part of the bowl was as big as my other bowls and that was another huge plus. I was completely wrong in my assumption that a scuttle would be a trade-off between the reservoir and bowl size as the G 20 does not hold back on either. It is unapologetic about what it is and what it intends to achieve! The internals are ridged and there are 4 button like grooves at the button that aid in whipping up a gorgeous hot lather that stays hot for a long time!
The only con and I would not even call it one but for the sake of this review, let me call it as one - it is big and you need a big space on your bathroom shelf or anywhere for that matter to store it. But I don't think I would have liked it any smaller as I feel it would not achieve what its creator set out to achieve!
I am sucker of all things Blue and I badly wanted the Blue Hamada but the Blue Hamada was out of stock and I ended up getting the Purple Hamada which is equally. I must say that the pics on the George Town Pottery site are 100% accurate and what you see on the site is what you get. Will share more pics of the beaut that is G20 scuttle in a few hours as I just finished a shave and I am quickly penning this down without postponing it
If you are on the fence on a scuttle and/or the G20 in specific, I would 100% recommend it! From what I heard, once this batch sells out, they won't be restocking it again.
All in all a 10/10 to the G 20 or should I say a 20/20!? Have a great week ahead y'all!