(11-30-2020, 12:21 AM)Lesser Wrote: The potter in England who makes suribachi scuttles would be Steve Woodhead -- here is mine. It's great but I just don't use it much as I shower shave mostly. (Probably would sell if someone made me a good offer!)These suribachi bowls/scuttles are beautiful but I wouldn't use them with my finer brushes - probably just synthetics as I would be worried that the aggressive ridges would excessively wear/damage natural badger/boar bristles. It would likely accelerate the break-in of a boar brush if you used it for the first few lathers.
(11-30-2020, 11:05 PM)Marko Wrote:(11-30-2020, 12:21 AM)Lesser Wrote: The potter in England who makes suribachi scuttles would be Steve Woodhead -- here is mine. It's great but I just don't use it much as I shower shave mostly. (Probably would sell if someone made me a good offer!)These suribachi bowls/scuttles are beautiful but I wouldn't use them with my finer brushes - probably just synthetics as I would be worried that the aggressive ridges would excessively wear/damage natural badger/boar bristles. It would likely accelerate the break-in of a boar brush if you used it for the first few lathers.
That's my thoughts too. Doesn't take much in the way of ridges to whip up the lather. Love the look of those bowls though.
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(11-30-2020, 11:05 PM)Marko Wrote: These suribachi bowls/scuttles are beautiful but I wouldn't use them with my finer brushes - probably just synthetics as I would be worried that the aggressive ridges would excessively wear/damage natural badger/boar bristles. It would likely accelerate the break-in of a boar brush if you used it for the first few lathers.
I don't know whether they actually would harm badger brushes (much less boar). I do know some folks have used suribachi bowls without complaint for long periods of time. I understand the concern but just don't know if any damage occurs. In any event, they certainly do work fabulously with synthetic brushes. For that alone, they're great -- although, as I said, I, somewhat sadly, don't really use my scuttle much but will do so tomorrow just because some warm lather sounds good on a really wet and rainy day outsider here in the Northeast.
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