The Perfect Shaving Bowl?

[Occams Razor]

My ideal shaving bowl can be heated with hot water before a shave and will retain enough heat to keep suds and brush warm for passes two and three. That rules out plastic. Ceramic wont do, because the bowl should be unbreakable. It needs to be 11cm wide and 4 - 6cm deep. It should have some texture to help agitate the shaving cream, but shouldn't be rough so that it abrades my brush bristles. What we are left with is a brass bowl that I happened to spot on the House of Ali the other night, and I ordered it. 388g brass bowl 11cm x 5cm deep. It is currently on a jet to New Zealand.

 

[DesertIguana]

The Bowl I bought is a PROBLEM. Let me explain my frustration. I lay down a Small About of Soap the SIZE of An Almond in Center of Bowl.

I use a Boar Brush but what every I do some of the Soap Leach into the area I call the Veil of the Design.

Every-time I use this Bowl Clean Up is a big paid in the BUTT. Bowl was just over $1.00 USD but honestly had I know I would have passed on the deal.

Cleanup is problem, cleaning out the Soap that gets wedge into the small Veins as part of Flower Design.

Anyone have this Bowl and find my problem is also your problem?

Bowlis a Chinese Made - Mliveben Bowl.

 

[DesertIguana]

I have New Bowl Coming.

Hope it works better.

Price was like 6.00 US.

 

[Margus]

I've also thought about buying a similar bowl. Did you order it from Ali?

 

[Sami]

Most shaving bowls are simply to small to work with, anything under 13cm in diameter i dont even bother with, the Hc&c roundwall stainless steel shaving bowl is still my go to it checks everything i look for in a shaving bowl not too light not to heavy, perfect diameter, strong, easy to clean, unbreakable, and durable.

 

[SpeedyPC]

I have New Bowl Coming.

Hope it works better.

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Price was like 6.00 US.

Bloody THIEF

 

[SweeneyTodd]

I've spent years searching for the perfect bowl, and now have quite a few, mostly ceramic, but including the collapsible plastic dog bowl.

I've now reached the point where I rarely use anything ceramic, and my two favourite bowls are both metal.

These are the copper Captain's Choice, and the stainless steel Yanagi bowl from Aesop. Both are capable of producing copious lather, don't have much tendency towards "brush clatter", and are easy to clean out. They are both an adequate diameter and depth, aren't too heavy and if dropped into a empty washbasin, aren't likely to smash that or themselves.

However, I still enjoy face lathering, whether from soap picked up by brush from a bowl or the shaving stick method.

 

[Occams Razor]

I recently found a bowl at our local Woolworths supermarket in the (tiny) cooking utensils section. It's a ceramic bowl, but at $6 (NZ) I can forgive that. The base has concentric ridges, and pumps out lather extremely well. 15cm, so big enough for even my 30mm brush.

 

[purerockfury]

we've only used 2 bowls after turning shaving into a hobby... originally water or gifted canned lather was used... first was a "artisan" ceramic shave bowl from a hair stylist convention a friend brought us to... a roommate (our non-shaving senior) broke it and we made him get us a Captain's Choice Copper bowl... the ceramic shave bowl was good and similar to the CC bowl... butt can never have nice things when other humans live with us... hahaha...