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<p>[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 464575, member: 308"]Almost any mug can be a shaving mug but it should be more or less straight sided so that the shaving cream is easy to whip up evenly. A shaving mug should also be heavy so that it's difficult to knock over. Anyone that's shattered a piece of porcelain on tile can tell you what a mess it makes. You don't get a mug broken in two - you get a mug broken into a couple of big/medium pieces and hundreds of shards that go everywhere! They can't have sides that are too tall or the shaving brush can't reach the bottom. Short and a bit wide work best. And, or course, the age matters. Once men started using shaving cream out of a tube and then shaving cream out of a can mugs were retired to the china cabinet or the kitchen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a shaving mug that was my great grandfather's. It used to sit on a shelf at the barber's (another option). I'm told he was upset because he ordered it himself and it came misspelled. He never got a corrected version though. </p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 464575, member: 308"]Almost any mug can be a shaving mug but it should be more or less straight sided so that the shaving cream is easy to whip up evenly. A shaving mug should also be heavy so that it's difficult to knock over. Anyone that's shattered a piece of porcelain on tile can tell you what a mess it makes. You don't get a mug broken in two - you get a mug broken into a couple of big/medium pieces and hundreds of shards that go everywhere! They can't have sides that are too tall or the shaving brush can't reach the bottom. Short and a bit wide work best. And, or course, the age matters. Once men started using shaving cream out of a tube and then shaving cream out of a can mugs were retired to the china cabinet or the kitchen. I have a shaving mug that was my great grandfather's. It used to sit on a shelf at the barber's (another option). I'm told he was upset because he ordered it himself and it came misspelled. He never got a corrected version though. Don[/QUOTE]
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