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http://ozsoapbox.com/personal/shaving/reviewing-the-australian-made-hg-shaving-scuttle/

... I'd like to thank HG Pottery for providing the Australian and international shaving market with a solid, well priced scuttle and wish them best of luck with their business, cheers guys.

 

Testimonial in full:

Oz, ozsoapbox.com

When I came to Taiwan ..........

One of the things I had to leave behind was my cherished home-made $20 shaving scuttle. After a few months of shaving in Taiwan I began to sorely miss the luxury of waking up to a warm lather shave. Investigating my options available to me within Taiwan proved fruitless and over the past six months or so I've been floundering around about it not really having much luck with overseas suppliers.

That is until out of the blue one day I was contacted by Helena from HG Pottery.

Helena wrote to me asking if I'd be interested in one of her handmade double bowled shaving scuttles. On the verge of just getting my old scuttle sent to me I jumped at the offer of a scuttle being sent my way and eagerly waited for it to arrive in the mail.

Being hand made by HG Pottery, colour availability is up to you and although I was fine with receiving a two tone brown and white sample - Helena especially whipped up a black one for me which was much appreciated.

About a week later the package arrived and the next day I had my first warm lather shave in almost a year.

Just as good as I'd remembered them back home.

The design of the scuttle is slightly different than my basic metal bowl model and you can tell Helena's put a fair bit of thought into the usability of the scuttle she's developed.

The HG shaving scuttle feels solidly built and comes in at just under a kg weight wise (well at least according my bathroom scales!). The bowl diameter is roughly 2.5-3 inches.

Inside the scuttle bowl you have these wonderful swirly grooves which add to the effectiveness of the lather production. At first I was a bit concerned they might cause undue wear on my shaving brush but after a few uses stopped worrying. The grooves are shallow enough to make a difference when mixing your lather but not deep enough to cause any noticeable stress when rotating the brush inside.

The spout for filling water inside the inner bowl is generously large and quite easy to top up and empty out. No matter what your pouring your boiling water out of there shouldn't be any hassles with water going anywhere, even if your just filling up with hot water out of the tap.

Finally HG's scuttle has a big chunky handle for you to hold the scuttle with. Using the handle to hold the scuttle feels quite sturdy and solid even when the scuttle is full.

Heat retention is also excellent. On the days I don't have time to boil some water, hot water from the tap does the job and I've got warm lather till the end of my typically 15 minute long shave.

Operating out of Melbourne Australia, HG Pottery has been in business for 9 years now and appear to be the only company producing locally made handcrafted shaving scuttles.

On the verge of paying stupid money and importing one from the US or UK I am quite grateful that Helena contacted me when she did. The HG scuttle is a solid product that I'm quite happy to recommend to other shavers.

The double walled scuttles are very reasonably priced at $45 AUD + postage (to Taiwan, this worked out to be under $20 AUD). Compared to what you pay for handcrafted scuttles overseas, $45 is quite good value for money and an easy choice.

There's also a HG 'brush' scuttle available which is a single bowl scuttle that floats in a sink of hot water. Personally I prefer an out of sink double walled scuttle but for those wanting it, the brush scuttle is about half the weight and price of the double walled scuttle.

I hope that along with my razor and brush, my new HG shaving scuttle sees me through many years of smooth shaving!

I'd like to thank HG Pottery for providing the Australian and international shaving market with a solid, well priced scuttle and wish them best of luck with their business, cheers guys.