What is a shaving scuttle and why would I use one? Think of a shaving scuttle as nothing more than a fancy, and big, shaving mug. Most often made of ceramic, though they can be made out of just about anything, it is basically a mug inside of a mug. There is space between the two so that hot water can be placed in between the two to warm the inner cup where the lather will be formed. Think of a shaving scuttle as a small “double-boiler.”
For many years I shaved with a shaving mug and brush. I had a couple of mugs and brushes at home and one “on the boat.” As a submariner, we needed to be ready to go to sea at any time and in fact, I was the duty officer for an emergency sortie. It ended up being a drill, but we still had to get underway for several days (as did every other submarine on the Eastern seaboard) I always kept everything I might need to be underway on the ship; from extra socks and skivvies to full shaving equipment and emergency snacks. Woops, I’m way too off topic of shaving scuttles.
Here is a video of using a shaving scuttle.
The shaving scuttles I’ve seen seem expensive, wasteful of space, and demand a lot of water to get heated up. I don’t think I would have ever used one on the ship as the seem large, consuming an excessive amount of space. Similarly, they use a lot of water to get the thing hot in preparation of the shave. Whether on a Navy ship where water is a very precious commodity, as we had to make it all, or in California where we haven’t built a reservoir in decades, it just seems wasteful.
To me, a shaving scuttle seems unwieldy and to be a bit of a waste:can you guess which of these would be my choice for a shaving scuttle?
A waste of time, to set up your shave and then to clean it up after your shave.
A waste of water to heat it up.
A waste of energy to heat up the water used to heat it up.
A waste of space to store it and set it up for use.
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