New shaving bowl...
I wanted a heavy copper bowl but couldn't afford a Captain's choice so I did some googling and came up with this.
It's actually a Tibetan 'Singing Bowl'. It comes in a great cloth case with its own cushion and a small wooden mallet and incense sticks.
You basically ring it with the mallet. You can get different tones etc by putting water in it. It's a meditation thing.
I just wanted it as a shaving bowl...I'll meditate while shaving, I guess!
In my research I did find someone who had already tried one for this purpose and it seemed to work fine.
The relief pattern and hammered interior should provide the perfect surface for lathering.
It's 10cm in diameter on the top inside rim and 12cm at its widest, and 5cm deep. I reckon it will be fine with some of my smaller brushes, but it's wider than some of my other posts and bowls.
It's made of a mix of various metals but primarily brass and copper and it is made in Tibet.
It will of course feature in a SOTD later today...I hope it works out!