Colonel Conk Santa Fe Shave Cup bowl including Conk Shave Soap

by Colonel Conk

Product Features

• Elegant ceramic shave cup.
• Great accessory for shaving enthusiasts
• Includes one bonus Colonel Conk shaving soap-Scents may vary.
• 3-1/2 " wide by 2" tall.
• Made in USA.

Product Description

Keep your favorite shaving soap fresh in this handsome Sante Fe shave bowl. Made in New Mexico from beautiful hand thrown pottery and glazed in the rich colors of the southwest. This quality piece will blend nicely with any decorating style. Perfect for the man who appreciates the finer things in life. Measures 3-1/2 " wide by 2" tall and includes a Bar of Colonel Conk's world famous Shave Soap.---(One soap included-scents vary.)

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B000Q7P8UO
• Item model number: 111
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,392 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My favorite shave bowl/mug, February 23, 2010

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tostka (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Colonel Conk Santa Fe Shave Cup bowl including Conk Shave Soap (Health and Beauty)

I bought a Sante Fe bowl 6 or 8 months ago. It's a nice hand-made bowl. My wife has a variety of "art" vases in our bathroom, and I have no qualms having this bowl out on the counter the mix -- albeit with my razor and badger brush on a drip stand in the bowl.:D
The Sante Fe is right at home.

As to function: I love it. I also have several antique shave mugs, and I've got to say that the Sante Fe mug is much better tool for producing a head of lather from shave soap. The "classic" mug design tends to be a little deep for my purposes, since a classic shave-mug's real purpose is to hold a cake of soap and then generate lather on top of the soap. While I like the Colonel Conk shave soaps, esp. the Bay Rum scent, I more freqeuently use either a hard cake shave soap, which comes in it's own bowl (Tabac Original By Maurer & Wirtz For Men. Shaving Soap Bowl 4.4 Ounces ), or a tube shave cream (Proraso Classic Shaving Cream With Eucalyptus Oil & Menthol). Since neither option requires that I store any soap in the Sante Fe bowl, I just use the bowl to whip up lather. And it's very well suited to that task: Without a cake of soap in the bowl, the curved side shape does an excellent job of containing the lather as it grows.

If I broke mine, I wouldn't hesitate to buy another immediately.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Bowl That Now Lives By My Sink, January 23, 2011

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Jon B. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Colonel Conk Santa Fe Shave Cup bowl including Conk Shave Soap (Health and Beauty)

This shave bowl is very sturdy, attractive and is just the right size. I wholeheartedly endorse this product for the new soap shaver. This will fit in your new routine as well as in your budget. Plus you get a big size soap instead of buying the smaller ones somewhere else.

So I read reviews about soap not fitting in this bowl and ask "Why does it go in the bowl?" My opinion is that it doesn't. When you leave the soap in the same bowl that you lather in, your soap gets used up WAY too quickly and your suds are not as good of quality (IMHO).

This is how I build my lather:

I run hot water in the tap and fill this very attractive bowl, letting is sit on the counter for a few minutes. I then take a little bit of the same hot tap water, just enough to cover the surface of the soap; yes still in the plastic container.

Rinse the brush in hot water and check for debris in sink, then let it sit in the bowl of water while I warm a hot towel to soften my beard.

After about 3 minutes, I empty the bowl and then tip the water out of the soap too. Shake out the brush a couple times and grab some soap in the tip. This takes about 5-15 seconds of stirring. Move the brush to the bowl and start to whip, and the foam starts to explode! If you need more foam while stirring, add about a teaspoon of water and keep going.

This process gets me enough lather to manage the 3 pass technique with my razor and still have about a hand full of suds when done.

I used to HATE shaving...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a bowl. Decent for what it is., May 25, 2010

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R. Kell (Hillsboro, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Colonel Conk Santa Fe Shave Cup bowl including Conk Shave Soap (Health and Beauty)

When I first started using a safety razor, I jumped in full force and got this shave cup and soap, plus a badger brush. Wanted to do the whole experience. It was fun for a while, but after going through two shave soap bars, the novelty has worn off and I just use regular, decent quality shave cream.

The included shave soap smells good and lathers well. No complaints there. Very much enjoyed it. The bowl looks good enough to leave on the bathroom sink if desired.

My only complaint is that the Colonel Conk Shave Soap bars are so small in the cup. The picture looks like it's a nice fit, but when removed from the packaging and placed in the bowl, it's dwarfed by the size of the bowl. "So what?" you may ask. Well, when using your brush to generate a lather, the soap bar will move all around the bottom of the bowl. You need to have the soap stationary so you can whip that brush on it and generate a lather. However, I found myself simply chasing the thing around the bottom of the bowl like an ice cube in a cup. As it dries between shaves it'll affix itself to the bottom, but sometimes comes loose and here we go again. The Colonel Conk soap bar is not a good fit for the bowl.

Nonetheless, the shave cup itself is nice.