I bowl lather except for hard soaps. In the winter, I have a Georgetown scuttle, but for the warm weather, the scuttle is not needed. I quickly discovered that smooth sided mugs are bowls are not optimum. At first, I bought this Captain's Choice ridged bowl. The brush is a small 22mm knot Saville Row.
It works great at creating lather, much better than a smooth bowl, but the sides are too low and it can get messy. So I kept looking. The BrushNSoapNblade podcast advocates using a Dollar Store plastic salsa bowl. Sand the insides a bit to get them rough. If it drops, who cares? Its dirt cheap and won't break. In this episode, a listener suggested a Suribachi bowl, which is a Japanese mortar and pestle. So I decided to give it a shot, maybe $12 on Amazon.
It works fine. It's not heavy and will break if you drop it. Nice ridges inside. Fits in your hand easily, and creates lather as well as anything I tried. Best yet, the lather does not overflow since its a bowl and to fill it with lather would be a LOT of lather. It's about 5.5" across the top and an inch higher than the Captain's Choice bowl. To show contrast, this is GFT Violet, which appears a bit purplish.
It works great at creating lather, much better than a smooth bowl, but the sides are too low and it can get messy. So I kept looking. The BrushNSoapNblade podcast advocates using a Dollar Store plastic salsa bowl. Sand the insides a bit to get them rough. If it drops, who cares? Its dirt cheap and won't break. In this episode, a listener suggested a Suribachi bowl, which is a Japanese mortar and pestle. So I decided to give it a shot, maybe $12 on Amazon.
It works fine. It's not heavy and will break if you drop it. Nice ridges inside. Fits in your hand easily, and creates lather as well as anything I tried. Best yet, the lather does not overflow since its a bowl and to fill it with lather would be a LOT of lather. It's about 5.5" across the top and an inch higher than the Captain's Choice bowl. To show contrast, this is GFT Violet, which appears a bit purplish.