Any vessel in the size and shape of a coffee mug or coffee cup is an inconvenient shape and size for making shaving soap lather. You asked; and that's what I think.
My understanding of a shave mug was mainly used for loading a brush because face lathering was the predominate method even though the tiny brushes in those days may have allowed lathering in the mug. Fave lathering was considered better due to more scrubbing of soap into beard helps make hairs stand up and also helps exfoliate the skin Just my 2 cents. Could be wrong. Just my opinion.
Gongrats Mike 👍. Williams. So, I can’t remember what I had for breakfast yesterday but I can remember every single detail of both my grandfathers shaving ritual. The most stark difference in then (late 1970’s), and now is there was little to no regard to actually making a thick lather or the scent. In 10 to 20 seconds my grandfather had wet the little brush, swirled it in the old spice mug then swirled it on his face and neck enough times to cover all the area he intended to shave. They made no fuss over any aspect of the lather, be it scent, slickness, thickness, yogurt-i-ness, and so on. It was just soap kept in a shaving mug in the medicine cabinet for neatness sake and that’s it. It was an early every morning routine that they’d both perfected in the army and did this routine in single digit minutes. Also, it seemed like they used the same puck, usually a Christmas present, for years. It was the aftershave that went quicker. Aqua Velva or Old Spice.
Nice video Tobin, I will take a look at the other videos in this series. I liked the Seaforth spice one. Just had a shave with a new to me shaving soap Manufaktur Zartgefühl with saponified Shea butter as the first ingredient. Its a winner for me with a fabulous post shave feel. Have a great day. Very best regards Gordon 👍
With the large brushes we tend to use these days mug loading is more difficult than in the old days when small brushes and mug soaps were the norm, my own father used Old Spice mug soap and mug with a small Boar brush and face lathered. For an item to Vintage I believe it also has to be out of production? Take care Tobin🤟🤠🤟
Great point Lawrie! I normally would use a small boar. Not sure about production. From what I read all I've found is age mentioned. But, that's another great point. Especially if/when the product hasn't changed over the years.
Great video series Tobin! I do enjoy the vintage soaps a bunch. Surrey is a great soap that I use quite often. Surrey eventually became Van der Hagen, not sure when the switch happened though. I've never found a reliable ingredients list either, but I'm fairly certain it never contained tallow. Thanks for sharing brother!!
Interesting! It's not a soap I'm familiar with, but with the volume of companies that were around, it's not a surprise. Thinking back to the pucks in mugs and how they might have prepared a lather, maybe some more soap would have kept the the lather from dissipating. Who knows. Mugs are fine and you can make them work, it's just knowing the tools and procedures. The old brushes were tiny compared to what we use today. We've definitely have learned some things that have made wet shaving even better. The scratch blade is used by artists and printmakers for making prints. It's used to scratch into copper or linoleum plates, kind of like a pencil. There's also a special artist board that's black with a white coating and the blade is used to scratch away the white. The spelling might actually be correct and not a company trying to rip off Gillette, but I'm no expert. It's a pretty specialized blade and I don't think Gillette ever made them.
I love a shave mug with a hard puck BUT I hate if the puck is smaller than the mug and rattles around and won't sit still. First world problems I know.
Congrats Mike, williams
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Glad to see another video in the series. Ive never cared for lathering in a mug
Thanks man! Same here
Congratulations Mike
That cool t-shirt is vintage for sure! 😀
Any vessel in the size and shape of a coffee mug or coffee cup is an inconvenient shape and size for making shaving soap lather. You asked; and that's what I think.
Well said brother! Totally agree!
Great series Tobin, congrats Mike! Williams!
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That soap would be an excellent candidate for Hendrix scenting oils
I'm tempted to do that this winter when I shave with them
Surrey is a new one to me. Williams, thanks Tobes!
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My understanding of a shave mug was mainly used for loading a brush because face lathering was the predominate method even though the tiny brushes in those days may have allowed lathering in the mug. Fave lathering was considered better due to more scrubbing of soap into beard helps make hairs stand up and also helps exfoliate the skin
Just my 2 cents. Could be wrong. Just my opinion.
Well said Daniel!
Thanks Tobin! Great video
Thanks Todd!
Really enjoying this series. Williams!
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Looking forward to the next one, Williams
Thanks Kurt! Good luck!
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Hi Tobin great one!
Williams, thanks Tobin
Thank you bro! Good luck!
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Love that den!
Gongrats Mike 👍. Williams.
So, I can’t remember what I had for breakfast yesterday but I can remember every single detail of both my grandfathers shaving ritual. The most stark difference in then (late 1970’s), and now is there was little to no regard to actually making a thick lather or the scent. In 10 to 20 seconds my grandfather had wet the little brush, swirled it in the old spice mug then swirled it on his face and neck enough times to cover all the area he intended to shave. They made no fuss over any aspect of the lather, be it scent, slickness, thickness, yogurt-i-ness, and so on. It was just soap kept in a shaving mug in the medicine cabinet for neatness sake and that’s it. It was an early every morning routine that they’d both perfected in the army and did this routine in single digit minutes. Also, it seemed like they used the same puck, usually a Christmas present, for years. It was the aftershave that went quicker. Aqua Velva or Old Spice.
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Nice video Tobin, I will take a look at the other videos in this series. I liked the Seaforth spice one.
Just had a shave with a new to me shaving soap Manufaktur Zartgefühl with saponified Shea butter as the first ingredient. Its a winner for me with a fabulous post shave feel. Have a great day.
Very best regards Gordon 👍
With the large brushes we tend to use these days mug loading is more difficult than in the old days when small brushes and mug soaps were the norm, my own father used Old Spice mug soap and mug with a small Boar brush and face lathered. For an item to Vintage I believe it also has to be out of production? Take care Tobin🤟🤠🤟
Great point Lawrie! I normally would use a small boar. Not sure about production. From what I read all I've found is age mentioned. But, that's another great point. Especially if/when the product hasn't changed over the years.
@@Tobins_throwbacks Maybe Vintage can be both, ie out of Production or the item is actually 20+ years old?
Great video series Tobin! I do enjoy the vintage soaps a bunch. Surrey is a great soap that I use quite often. Surrey eventually became Van der Hagen, not sure when the switch happened though. I've never found a reliable ingredients list either, but I'm fairly certain it never contained tallow.
Thanks for sharing brother!!
Thanks brother!
Interesting! It's not a soap I'm familiar with, but with the volume of companies that were around, it's not a surprise. Thinking back to the pucks in mugs and how they might have prepared a lather, maybe some more soap would have kept the the lather from dissipating. Who knows. Mugs are fine and you can make them work, it's just knowing the tools and procedures. The old brushes were tiny compared to what we use today. We've definitely have learned some things that have made wet shaving even better. The scratch blade is used by artists and printmakers for making prints. It's used to scratch into copper or linoleum plates, kind of like a pencil. There's also a special artist board that's black with a white coating and the blade is used to scratch away the white. The spelling might actually be correct and not a company trying to rip off Gillette, but I'm no expert. It's a pretty specialized blade and I don't think Gillette ever made them.
Another great video. Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks, Mike!! Small way of paying it forward and showing my appreciation for the support that I and my channel get
Congrats Mike!
Thanks Tobin."Williams"
You bet! Good luck!
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I love a shave mug with a hard puck BUT I hate if the puck is smaller than the mug and rattles around and won't sit still. First world problems I know.
😂 totally! I'm there with ya!
Do you have a Vander Hagen puck?
Yes sir, considering making it one of the pucks in the series. Do you have one?
Never tried Williams! Would love to try it just to see if I am pleasantly surprised or disappointed! 😂
It's not bad, but it's not great. Good luck brother!
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