Well, I'll give you my opinion.
I have been shaving for years making the lather directly on my face and that's really fine by me. My opinion has always been that going after warm lather is like a dog chasing his tail. It's something you can't really attain without considerable inconvenience. So after all this time I bought a GP scuttle. Yes its very nice. So I first fill it in and out with hot tap water and then when I'm ready to start shaving empty it and fill the jacket with boiling water. I find it keeps the lather warm for about 5 minutes and then it rapidly starts to cool. However, what I have found is that the quality of lather is much finer and better quality than I get doing it directly on my face and that alone makes the scuttle worthwhile. As far as the hot lather issue goes you can just hit the brush under the hot tap every now and then and you have hot lather.
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Sparks, Nevada Police report last night Homer La Fong Died while shaving with his straight razor. His wife reported he was using his Iwasaki Razor and while shaving his neck it just seemed to have a mind of its own and came to life and cut his throat. Subsequent investigation revealed the razor belonged to Toshiro Kawasaki a WWll Kamakazee pilot who was killed when his plane slammed into the USS Yorktown. His last act was to shave with that razor. It is suspected the razor is haunted.
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