Shaving soap holders
- Thread starter punekari
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Wow - that is cool. Do you know what it was called or what section of the store you found it in??
I don't cover my soaps and use stoneware bowls from a local pottery. It's actually their rejects (slight paint or chip imperfections) each cost £2:
Klar Kabinett in a stoneware bowl
My beloved Martin de Candre in a stoneware bowl:
Klar Kabinett in a stoneware bowl
My beloved Martin de Candre in a stoneware bowl:
Canwax has many different container, including:
Seamless tin containers of varying heights.
http://www.canwax.com/Seamless-Tins-boites-aluminium_c_122.html
Push up sticks for shave sticks
http://www.canwax.com/White-Styrene-Push-Up-Deodorant-Containers_p_2344.html
Seamless tin containers of varying heights.
http://www.canwax.com/Seamless-Tins-boites-aluminium_c_122.html
Push up sticks for shave sticks
http://www.canwax.com/White-Styrene-Push-Up-Deodorant-Containers_p_2344.html
I have an old, cracked and faded wooden bowl from about ten years ago. I keep my hard soap (Trumper's rose) jammed therein. I lather right in the shallow bowl. After a shave, I rinse my brush and the bowl. Keep it out, uncovered, because it looks good, smells good, and because I'm not a huge fan of covering up damp things.
Awaiting new creams and soaps, plus a mug and bowl, so things will loosen up, but I'll keep the wooden bowl-hard soap combo.
Awaiting new creams and soaps, plus a mug and bowl, so things will loosen up, but I'll keep the wooden bowl-hard soap combo.
+1 These work great! Stack and have lids.
I use black 8 oz. jars from U.S. Plastics. Very similar to the RazoRock jars used for Napoleon's Violet, etc. The black color lets me know how much croap I've got left in there!
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=81149&catid=604
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=81149&catid=604
I tend to use (recycle) the left over tubs and such from my fiance's lotions/hairproducts/etc.
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I recycle cream cheese and butter tubs for full pucks. They work great. For samples, I use 4 oz. plastic jars, w/ lids, from specialtybottle.com. Those work great, too.
I wish Rubbermaid still made the "servin savers" like these 3 cup versions. When I was in the Navy, these were what I kept my soap in, because squids have to carry their douche kit in and out of the head every time.
I was getting tired of slopping soap over the edge of the recycled Proraso bowl I've been using, and was looking at a deeper jar / bowl set-up. At Value Village thrift shop a couple days ago, while my wife was buying more clothes (she does her clothes thing...I do my truck and shaving thing), I came across across two plastic Thermos soup containers in a truly hideous light blue and disturbingly bright pink. Both hold two cups of liquid, and as it turns out, one puck of soap (with a little squeezing). Two bucks each.
When I met up with my wife in another department, she gave me the "Look". I explained what I had planned for the Thermos containers, she still had the "Look" on her face. Then I showed her the price stickers and she said, "Yeah, sure". I'm certain part of my wife's concern was that there were two of these things...meaning I'd buy more crap to fill the second one.
Used one of the Thermos "shaving mugs" this morning and it worked great...no slopping of soap and a cleaner sink counter.
When I met up with my wife in another department, she gave me the "Look". I explained what I had planned for the Thermos containers, she still had the "Look" on her face. Then I showed her the price stickers and she said, "Yeah, sure". I'm certain part of my wife's concern was that there were two of these things...meaning I'd buy more crap to fill the second one.
Used one of the Thermos "shaving mugs" this morning and it worked great...no slopping of soap and a cleaner sink counter.
Hi Jazzguy;
I have to respectfully disagree with you about the Grundtal tins stackability:
This is a stack of six Grundtals, with soap, stacked and tilted -- still stable.
I'm not sure if the design of the tins has changed between 2013 (when you posted) and now, but that might be an explanation.
I do agree that tins like this are just for loading the brush.
I like the tins from Stirling. 1.75 a piece I believe. Fits his soap samples and most smaller pucks from other soap makers great and I have plenty of room to load. He has a bigger one for a little more for bigger pucks or building lather. They stack nicely. I have been impressed with them. I like to get samples......or I would never finish a puck!
The Ikea Grundtal tins are nice but my favorite are the new PETF jars from Maggards. Well built, wide and not deep which I like. I don't want to have go searching for a soap in deep containers!
This is harder than it seems.
I ordered one soap-maker's tins, and found they do rust ... sorry; soap gets wet.
The neat Maggard's one is out of stock. The (stainless) Ikea ones charge a lot for shipping. So does the plastic manufacturer.
Found these same, though, on Amazon- and ships free with Prime.
Household Essentials 12-PC. 6.0 Oz. Lock Up Set
Can use in garage if they don't stack as desired, fits soaps perfect and be shatter-proof (avoiding the good glass storage in tiled bath).
AA
I ordered one soap-maker's tins, and found they do rust ... sorry; soap gets wet.
The neat Maggard's one is out of stock. The (stainless) Ikea ones charge a lot for shipping. So does the plastic manufacturer.
Found these same, though, on Amazon- and ships free with Prime.
Household Essentials 12-PC. 6.0 Oz. Lock Up Set
Can use in garage if they don't stack as desired, fits soaps perfect and be shatter-proof (avoiding the good glass storage in tiled bath).
AA
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I like the green plastic jars from Stirling the best. $2.75 each.
I prefer wood and ceramics. Wood is easy to come across from the original manufacturer, for ceramics I have turned to Etsy for some vintage gems.
