The stand and lathering bowl the highly polished chrome plated metal stand is 140 mm high its perfect for allowing the brush to drip dry and aerate naturally thus prolonging its life it also keeps the razor off work surfaces a hygene plus at 80 mm in diameter and 34 mm deep the bowl is suitable for lathering up shaving creams and soaps its also handy for catching any drips from the shaving brush after use muhle has developed a unique process for binding plastic to metal the rings f