It's all about the bowl.
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Housewares clearance shop. That "Normandy" line was discontinued and the shop was selling remnants.
Clinical tests have proven that fancy bowls are almost 87 percent as effective at repelling Zombies as a shotgun.
I also think the MWF ceramic bowl is just waiting to be dropped onto a hard bathroom floor and shatter. Got the wooden bowl myself - much better value.
I have a small mug which came from a dinner service I bought when I went to university 13 years ago. Col Conk, Williams and VDH pucks fit it perfectly. This is actually easier to use than the wooden bowls other more expensive soaps come in because the lather doesn't volcano over the side. For me functionality comes way ahead of looking fancy, every time
I have a small mug which came from a dinner service I bought when I went to university 13 years ago. Col Conk, Williams and VDH pucks fit it perfectly. This is actually easier to use than the wooden bowls other more expensive soaps come in because the lather doesn't volcano over the side. For me functionality comes way ahead of looking fancy, every time
I actually think a mug like the one you describe is classier than one of those fancy, shallow wooden bowls. They sound nice for storing and showing off a soap hoard, but when a soap is on my counter, it's in a mug!
Like some here, I am not so fond of Tupperware. Picked up some french onion soup bowls for about four bucks a piece. The diameter is about four inches. I like them because they're covered and the lids fly like Frizbees when you need to decapitate attacking zombies.
Every time I get a bowl-less puck of soap and hunt for a mug to plop it in ("which one will SWMBO not miss this time?"), I wish I had spent a bit more for the bowl.
The MWF and Tabac bowls are great. I also bought the Loccitane bowl, but got it used for around 10 instead of 28.
When someone is first starting out, I see the bowls as a big waste of money unless you have it to spend. You are trying to test out as many products as possible and buying the bowls usually means you can only sample 1/2.
Their is a wood bowl that looks nice for 6.95 on ebay and amazon.
AOS bowls cost as much as the soap
When someone is first starting out, I see the bowls as a big waste of money unless you have it to spend. You are trying to test out as many products as possible and buying the bowls usually means you can only sample 1/2.
Their is a wood bowl that looks nice for 6.95 on ebay and amazon.
AOS bowls cost as much as the soap
Most of my soaps live in Old Spice mugs. I have some vintage Williams Luxury soap that stays on the counter in a thrift store monkeypod bowl. My PC soaps and the Cella are in the plastic tubs they came in. I have a snowman bowl I got at a thrift shop that gets counter time during the holidays, last year it had a VDH experiment in it.
I have a thrift store sugar bowl with lid that I put some soap in, but frankly I can't recall what's in there.
In the back of my mind I've thought about popping for a wood bowl with a Marine Corps emblem on it.
I have a thrift store sugar bowl with lid that I put some soap in, but frankly I can't recall what's in there.
In the back of my mind I've thought about popping for a wood bowl with a Marine Corps emblem on it.
If the bowl isn't nice enough for me a decorative dish like those mentioned is nicer sometimes.
One that I can't get myself to pull the trigger on is C&S's glass dish.
One that I can't get myself to pull the trigger on is C&S's glass dish.
To me part of the wet shaving experience is about being innovative and different. I like going into different stores and stopping by garage sales in an attempt to find that unique bowl or mug to hold my soaps. As with Phil, I think presentation is all part of the experience...in general I do no like plastic containers for my soaps unless they look like geen or white mushrooms and say Proraso!
Same here. I have NEVER bought a Old spice mug by itself, but I've bought them with soaps maybe four or five times, and gotten them in lots often enough I have about 20. I don't NEED vessels, but I do like snagging a little more efficiently shaped ones when I can pick them up.
I'm sure there have got to be Marine Corp emblem brands out there. Couldn't you just find someone with one, take them a bunch of plain wood bowls and have them burn the emblem into them all? (This from the guy with zero wood burning experience mind you.)
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It's too bad none of the uniform EGA's have sharp backings on them. You could just hammer one straight into the bowl!
My preference is for Latte mugs or OS mugs. I find the wooden bowls to be too cramped...a good deep latte mug focuses the brush loading rather than spilling soap all over the place.
I do have the MWF bowl but it came at no real cost off of BST...so far I have not paid a premium for a bowl when a easily available latte mug works a million times better at usually zero cost.
I do have the MWF bowl but it came at no real cost off of BST...so far I have not paid a premium for a bowl when a easily available latte mug works a million times better at usually zero cost.
I guess I stuck one to "the man" at MWF and DRH. My MWF is in a 75-cent ramekin from the clearance shelf at the grocery store and my DRH is in a $2 wally world ramekin. And, guess what? They work perfectly!
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