Shaving on the cheap: still more shaving bowl options

Don't laugh...small size shallow PET DISHES.

These stainless bowls are $3CAD each. Note the embossed paw print bottom which could enhance lathering. Find a matching bowl to sit it on and you have a scuttle.



This one I bought at a Burke's Outlet store for $1.99. The white areas are unglazed and allow a good grip. It's made of very thick ceramic and it actually looks pretty cool and is a deeper red color than the pic shows. I purchased it as a nut dish but I might consider it for lathering duty.

The stainless looks like my lather bowl without all the paw marks. I picked my lather/food dish bowl up at a local chow hound store.

It doesn't matter if it's a pet dish or not.

Interesting. Never thought about pet dishes but stainless is the same no matter the imprint.

Those are great. Might have to hit the local Petco soon.

Whew!!! I feel so much relieved that I'm not the only one that has been eyeing the puppy bowls!!

They seem great, but I am surprised you got them for so little. My shaving cup was about $5 and my stainless steel pet dishes run at around $6 each (after shopping around!).

If you're interested in the stainless bowls shown about they're made by Petrageous Designs in MA and the bowl shown is the "Barbados". The 2 smallest sizes are 1 cup capacity and 2 cup capacity.

They are available from Properpet.com for three bucks.

http://www.properpet.com/factfinder/?q=barbados+bowl&relevance=y

Aside from Wal-Mart, stores like TJ Maxx/Mashalls, Tuesday Morning and Big Lots are full of all sorts of interesting and inexpensive bowls and containers appropriate for shaving.

Found at Wal-Mart:



Glass salt cellar (w/lid, not shown). I think it was $2.99.

@ TJ Maxx:



Le Cruset ramekin. 2/$6.99, so not exactly super cheap, but I liked the style. The interior diameter of both is about 3".

Love to see the resourcefulness of B&Bers to save money.

ackvil said:

Love to see the resourcefulness of B&Bers to save money.

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B&Bers and saving money are usually mutually exclusive terms.

Greyfox said:

B&Bers and saving money are usually mutually exclusive terms.

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"I saved $9 buying this bowl at the Salvation Army. Now, I'm gonna buy 10 (name your fav soap/cream here)."

I have a few bowls, but I usually just lather in my off-hand. Works just as well, makes it easy to drain excess water, and I never waste any lather, cuz I can just apply with my, um.... hand.

Crate and Barrel has low cost bowl options.

Wal-Mart has Durapet stainless pet bowls with a rubber rim base. Works well for me.

I've been using an empty TOBS cream container. Works great for me.

Greyfox said:

B&Bers and saving money are usually mutually exclusive terms.

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Couldn't agree more. But this idea is pretty good. Might fight Fang for his dish.

aimsport said:

Wal-Mart has Durapet stainless pet bowls with a rubber rim base. Works well for me.

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I was in Wal-Mart this morning and saw one of those; the quality is excellent. Very heavy stainless and the finish on them was like a freakin' mirror. The rubber base is nice too...you're really have to work at dropping a bowl like that.

$4.15 for the .75 pint size (small).

Didn't buy, but a nice bowl.

Picked up one of these for $4.50 at my local supermarket:



http://www.amazon.com/Good-Cook-Oun...2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1297994045&sr=1-2

I'm digging it.

-Scott

Are smooth stainless bowls effective? I would think that they would be too smooth to easily make a lather.