What tools do you use to scoop the soap?

Interesting...I thought you were supposed to bloom the soap in the container then go to the bowl?

Here you have 3 choices (Titanium - YPM, SS - M&M and plastic PAA).  

I have used for years a small, plastic cosmetic scoop.  It still has not failed me (but sooner or later it will).  I guess I would get something like on of the above.

I don't have anything fancy like yall do, and I wouldn't know where to go to get anything like that. I just use a simple teaspoon sized bouillon spoon. I just scoop out enough to fill the spoon, then using my finger, I push it off the spoon and into my shave bowl, then I smudge it down evenly with my thumb, then use my brush to work up a lather.

After I made this post, I saw that one of you provided the name of the manufacturing company that made the scooping pic. I was then able to find the company website, then I just searched for "pic," and I found it! And because you folks are such wonderful enablers, I couldn't help myself to get something better. A spoon is hard to clean the soap residue out of, cause the soap sticks hard to the spoon. I spent a little too much, but I figure the cost of titanium is the factor there, and I know titanium is strong, so it shouldn't bend, and thats what I want. Some soaps are harder then other's, oh believe me, you could easily bend thin metal scooping out tough soaps if their not strong. So cost of the titanium pic was 14 buckaroo's, then tag on like some 5 buckaroo shipping, total came out to like 19 buckaroo's out the door.

Now I can be fancy just like yall!

May I respectfully inquire as to why people do this?

Why not just load directly onto the brush and then either face or bowl lather?

I haven't read the entire thread so if this has already been explained please excuse this post.

May I respectfully inquire as to why people do this?

Why not just load directly onto the brush and then either face or bowl lather?

I haven't read the entire thread so if this has already been explained please excuse this post.

Two ideas that come to mind: a small sample container (cant fit a brush into it) or a pass around (like they did with the DFS soap recently).

Some soaps, which lack the extra preservatives, are also at risk of getting rancid from excess water (especially if they're not air dried enough). The only actual incident I've heard of is Cella.

Just to be clear... I've only read this... I've never actually had a soap go rancid. Maybe it's like Bigfoot or Paul Bunyan?

May I respectfully inquire as to why people do this? 

Why not just load directly onto the brush and then either face or bowl lather?

I haven't read the entire thread so if this has already been explained please excuse this post.

May I respectfully inquire as to why people do this? 

Why not just load directly onto the brush and then either face or bowl lather?

I haven't read the entire thread so if this has already been explained please excuse this post.

Bluegrass, theresv gonna' be some fireworks here.

I am with Tedolph. I face lather from the puck. Never had any mildew or bacteria. And I have a puck of Cella that is 7 years old. And she is good. I must be really sterile.

I understand the routine. It keeps the pucks from goin' bad. And perhaps it is more clinical in soap usage. I get it. I am just too lazy. Not really, I don't get good loads without full access to the puck face.

Let the fun begin.




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May I respectfully inquire as to why people do this? 

Why not just load directly onto the brush and then either face or bowl lather?

I haven't read the entire thread so if this has already been explained please excuse this post.

Bluegrass, theresv gonna' be some fireworks here.

I am with Tedolph. I face lather from the puck. Never had any mildew or bacteria. And I have a puck of Cella that is 7 years old. And she is good. I must be really sterile.

I understand the routine. It keeps the pucks from goin' bad. And perhaps it is more clinical in soap usage. I get it. I am just too lazy. Not really, I don't get good loads without full access to the puck face.

Let the fun begin.




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Ditto, 17-18 years running and zero issues with soap spoiling from puck lathering but it does have it's haters.....

Funny thing.........
I  make coffee in an Italian thing called a Moka Pot:



It has three parts that screw together-a lower boiler section to hold the water, a middle funnel shaped basket to hold the coffee, and an upper collection chamber.  The middle part is a funnel shaped thing that you fill up with coffee.  All of the YouTube videos show people using $50 Seattle Coffee Tools stainless steel coffee spoons to fill up the funnel thing  with coffee, weigh it on a scale, etc. .  I just fill up a wide  mouth Tupperware container with espresso grind coffee and dip the funnel into the pile of coffee to fill it, tap it on the side to level and settle the coffee, and then screw everything together and put it on the stove.  Takes me maybe 20 seconds.

I Normally load my brush from the container.  When the diameter of the container is too small, I use a brass sugar spoon and move soap to my lather bowl.