Is your wet shaving experience as lavish as it could be? With our handmade lathering bowls and the steps discussed below, you’ll build a thick and creamy lather with ease.
If you are like me, you want magnificent and stress free shave. After dropping one too many ceramic lathering bowls and toiling away to build lather worthy of the title of wet shaver, often falling short I might add, I realized there had to be a better way. I designed this bowl with a specific combination of features not available elsewhere, to cater to the needs of the growing wet shaving community.
The combination of the sprialized ridges, undercut rim, and finger well grip transform your shave from grind to recreation! Saving you time, product, and frustration; our bowls let you get groomed and on with your day in style. Built to last and made by hand, each bowl is a unique piece of art as well.
When we drop new gear for general sale, it sells out rather quickly, making it difficult to get the one you want before someone else snags it. This is why we have made available the opportunity to custom order a bowl from the most popular color schemes in our catalog. Avoid the feeding frenzy, pick you favorite color scheme and claim your spot in line today!
[Features]
The spiralized raised ridges are the shining star of this bowl. The ridges quickly and efficiently build up an amazing lather, with a lot less elbow grease and less product wasted! Moving the brush in a clockwise or counter clockwise motion effectively moves the lather around and breaks down air bubbles, resulting in fluffy mountains of wet shaving goodness. Many customers have enthusiastically reported that even notoriously difficult soaps perform admirably with our bowl.
The ridges also do double duty; using the bowl a “wash board” under running water will very quickly clean the remaining lather from your brush post shave.
But I didn’t stop there. The addition of an undercut rim simultaneously keeps your hard earn lather in the bowl and provides a convenient place to scrape the lather from the brush during working. After only a few uses, you’ll be able to visually gauge your lathering progress with a quick scrape.
As the bowl nestles in your palm, the finger well allows for a secure grip for even the most enthusiastic latherteer. The curvaceous profile makes this feel less like a grooming tool and more like an artist’s palette in the hand.
All of our bowls are made in small batches by a master artisan and avid wet shaver. Not only are our bowls admired for their pure utilitarian value, they are also prized for their ascetics as well. Because every bowl is hand poured, using high quality Urethane casting resin and an array of additives, each one is a unique work of art unto itself. The chaos which is resin casting produces truly beautiful effects.
The durability of this bowl is exceptional, unlike a comparable ceramic bowl. While I won’t claim indestructible status, they are extremely durable. A tumble from the counter to a hard floor will likely leave it unscathed. With proper care, this bowl will last a very long time.
[Testimonials]
“These are IMHO the best shaving bowls on the market. The lather grooves are amazing and help generate heaps of Uber Creamy Goodness. Bowl are beautiful and I don’t have to worry about breaking them if I accidently drop it. If you’re a bowl latherer like I am, I highly recommend these shaving bowls.” –Lawrence L.
“Don’t think twice about purchasing these bowls, they’re the best thing to happen to wet shaving. Well crafted, they look amazing and work even better.”-Jeremy E.
[How to Lather Like a Pro]
To understand how to efficiently build lather like a pro warrants a brief discussion of the lather itself. Lather consists of only three fundamental elements; shaving soap, water, & air bubbles. The water dissolves the soap and mechanical action breaks down the bubbles, causing lather to form. The key to splendid lather is proper soap to water ratio and vigorous agitation with a brush. With our bowls managing the ratio is a snap and the agitation is less agitating!
When you are lathering with one of our bowls, it’s as easy as ABC!
A: Fill your lathering bowl with warm water. Allowing the bowl to warm up will keep you lather warmer longer. A splash of water on a solid soap at this point will make more easily picked up by your brush. Give it a few minutes to soak and hum a happy tune!
B: Shake off the excess water from the brush. The brush should be saturated with water, but not dripping. Work the brush on the soap cake for roughly thirty seconds, until the knot is loaded with thick soap. Pour out most of the water in the bowl, leaving behind about a tablespoon. If you’re using a croap style of product, add it directly to the bowl with the remaining water.
C: Work the loaded brush with a circular motion with moderate pressure. As you alternate between circular motion and scraping the building lather from your brush, you’ll notice that bubbles become smaller and the lather becomes thicker. From here, fine tune your lather to the perfect consistency by adding more water or going in for more soap as needed and work until the perfect consistency. Lather up and get your shave on!
[The Technical Stuff]
Large size: The overall width 6 1/2″ at the rim and 2 1/4″ tall. Suitable for all brush sizes.
Medium Size: The overall width 5 3/8″ at the rim and 2 1/2″ tall. Best suited for 24 &26 MM brush. A little crowded with 28 or 30 MM brush.
Ships in Eco-Friendly packaging. The box, inner packaging, and void fill are readily recyclable. The only single use plastic is the packaging tape.
| Weight | 20 oz |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 7 × 7 × 3 in |
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40 reviews for The “Damascus” Textured Wet Shaving Lathering Dish, Custom Pre-Order
| 5 star | 95% | |
| 4 star | 2% | |
| 3 star | 0% | |
| 2 star | 0% | |
| 1 star | 2% |
1-5 of 624 reviews
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All around great quality and communication. However after the product shipped I asked if there was a picture to send to my local potter who was making a matching soap dish and never received a response. Otherwise amazing experience that was clearly made with love and care.
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Great handle. Heavy, nice height, polished to perfection. Takes a couple weeks to get. Be patient. It is worth the wait. I will be back for two more at least.
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The recipient of this gift absolutely loves it.
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Highly recommend the double banded badger in this. The Nebula theme was exactly what the recipient of this gift loves.
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Guest –
This is a great shaving bowl. It keeps everything inside and doesn’t make a mess of my bathroom.
Joseph –
Wonderful shave bowl, lathers quickly and is a thing of beauty. The medium size is more than big enough for facial shaves with plenty of lather for three passes and touch ups. Well worth the wait. Fits the hand perfectly. I also have two of the Ca-Yuen shave brushes. Can’t go wrong with these custom shave items.
Gerald –
Excellent quality and makes an excellent lather in this bowl. This is my second one, as my last one has been misplaced somewhere.
Joseph –
A beautiful shave bowl that is excellent at creating lather. Highly recommended.
Leland –
Beautiful bowl with superb craftsmanship! It is just the right size for my hand, and I can grip it easily with the notch on the base. I’m 5’8″ with average hands for a guy, and the medium-sized bowl is perfect for me. I look forward to building a lather with it and seeing what it can do!
Chris –
Excellent shaving soap bowl. Whips up a beautiful lather in no time because of it’s design.
Don –
Beautiful and produces lather like a monster.
Joe –
High quality shaving bowl worth the wait
MeLLYMeL –
Rich did an amazing job on The Damascus bowl. I am extremely satisfied with my purchase . She is a beauty and look forward to using it
Joel –
This is my 3rd Bowl of this type. Without a doubt the best bowl made! I lost count on how many bowls I have.
mike –
Very nice bowl. Makes clouds of lather and looks great on the counter top.
Felipe V. –
Best shaving bowl design ever made. Also I recomend going for the large, if you gonna spend this amount on a bowl, make it worth it. Also the large is great once you get used to it ypur smaller bowls will suck
kevin –
Took a month to get which is fine for the quality of the product.Quality is well worth the wait. Craftsmanship is head and shoulders above any other shave bowl I’ve seen
Claudia –
I was very happy to fulfill my brother-in-law’s birthday wish, but so much money for a plastic bowl??? I’m totally disappointed and can’t recommend anyone to buy it.
Rusty –
This bowl is the easiest to lather of any bowl I’ve tried.
Rick –
It’s a great lather bowl. The quality is spot on and it looks awesome.
Sign u. –
A fantastic shave bowl will be getting a smaller one to match!
Jessica –
My husband loves this bowl. It’s beautifully crafted and the foam is incredible (that’s what he said).
BABA –
Outstanding.. THE ONLY BOWL YOU WILL EVER NEED! Don’t waste your money searching for the perfect bowl.. THIS IS IT!
Jeff –
Very nice craftsmanship. Exactly as promised
Lucas W. –
Great product!!
Frank –
Just an all around beautiful bowl. We’ll designed and executed. The last lather bowl you will ever need – until you want a different color 😀
Gerald –
THE BEST!!! I’m able to make the THICKEST lather ever with this bowl! EXCELLENT design. Very aesthetically pleasing. Overall, VERY pleased with my purchase from this merchant! Thanks so much Mr. Yuengel!
Jeff –
Very nice quality shave bowl. I ordered a second one in the smaller size too!
Jullien –
TK –
Amazing shaving bowl. It created tons of lather wow!
larrygen2000 –
brian –
Looks great. Still figuring out best way to use the ridges inside.
Vladimir –
Get the largest size, creates ton of leather.
Kathleen R. –
Easy to hold and looks great in the bathroom.
Reviewed I. –
very good thank you very much
Michael –
Top-notch product. Well worth the wait for a hand-made piece of this quality.
Micah –
Awesome looking bowl! This is my third one. I gave one to my FIL and needed a spare for my gym bag!
Wendi –
Excellent communication with vendor and dish is beautiful!
Kenneth –
Great!
Matt –
I’ve been using my new medium sized bowl for about a week now and I must say that I actually prefer it to my large sized CaYuen bowl. Still plenty of room to work up enough lather for three passes, plus the sides are quite a bit steeper, which helps keep the lather from spilling over the top of the bowl.
Kevin –
I’ve purchased three bowls for family members and myself, the best shave bowl and design ever used. Outstanding quality
Cameron –
I now own about 10 bowls like this. They are not cheap, but they are also not overpriced. The quality of the work is superb, and the function for wet shaving lather creation is right up there in the top of the class. Thank you for another functional art piece, and yes I will be back to buy more.
Gary –
The Damascus bowl and brush set is just magnificent!
Jared –
Best shave bowls, good quality and drop safe, also makes a mean lather easy