So for the extremely cheap price of one dollar per
ounce of shaving soap, it will last you a couple months.
The reason behind this is that shaving mugs and scuttles are used to hold the
puck of shaving soap along with a small amount of water, allowing the puck to be softened so that the soap can be loaded on the shaving brush.
The company actually produces a number of different
scents of shaving soaps including Sandalwood, which has a classic manly scent that pleasantly fades away soon after using.
However, there are also a
number of shaving soap pucks that don't come with a container and are usually a bit cheaper than those that do.
In fact, some
types of shaving soap lather better this way, but on the other hand, some need to be worked with a brush for quite some time to build up a decent lather.
I used my trusty Semogue boar and whipped up a amazing lather as I expected as all DR Harris products are top of the line the
Ferrari of the shaving soap world.
These qualities make it a little uncomfortable on the skin, but also make it easy to get a good lather
out of a shaving soap puck.
Finally, there are also a newer type of shaving cream scuttle that is designed to hold the shaving cream (
instead of shaving soap) next to the spout of warm water, which allows the lather to warm up before you use it.
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The only drawbacks are that it has not the cachet of
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Men also need not worry that the
scent of shaving soap will linger for long; since soap is washed off after a shave, it is usually added simply because it adds a pleasurable aroma for you while you shave.
Nowadays there are a huge
number of shaving soaps that come in their own bowl or tin, which allows you to add a small amount of water directly to the soap and thus eliminates the need for a shaving bowl if you plan on building up the lather directly on the face.
As we said, shaving bowls are usually considered a non-essential item for wet shaving, but whether or not you actually need one depends on the
type of shaving soap you're using.
If you're using a bar or
puck of shaving soap, submerge it in the sink or a cup / bowl of warm water.
Before wet shaving, it's always necessary to soak both the puck
of shaving soap and the brush and scuttles offer the convenience of being able to soak both in warm water in the same container.