Hello members. I'm away from home a couplea days every other week and have found streamlining my setup a must. Please leave posts with info & pics of your travel gear and why you've chosen your current travel setups. Also list alternate gear to switch things up if you'd like. Thanks lightfoot out.
Straight razor shaving on the move!
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When I wish to shave
somewhere far away from home
Artist Club SS
somewhere far away from home
Artist Club SS
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The shavette is a great option. Post pics if you'd like
Aslo this thread will be a chance to post pics of nice little touch up hones as well thanks.
Aslo this thread will be a chance to post pics of nice little touch up hones as well thanks.
I got a synthetic badger because they dry more easily and a stainless steel straight to avoid rust caused by the remaining humidity.
In my kit youll find 3 straights (Bengall, Kama, LeGrelot) and my OneBlade just in case i sleep in. I usually have a full tub of my choice soap/cream for the week along with preshave oil, aftershave and a travel badger brush. I travel 3 to 4 weeks a month, every month so why not take things along i like ....
Nowvi dont bring my customs or soecial razors only because of wear. Also when i feel like it ill bring a strop but i find for the most part newspaper works almost as good for the week.
Nowvi dont bring my customs or soecial razors only because of wear. Also when i feel like it ill bring a strop but i find for the most part newspaper works almost as good for the week.
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Thank you very much for the pics. You've got me curious about the soaps in the photos.
I usually us a shorty razor
A kangaroo leather strop that rolls up into a case
a wee scott brush in a pill bottle and a shave stick. All fits into my Dopp kit with my other toiletries.
A kangaroo leather strop that rolls up into a case
a wee scott brush in a pill bottle and a shave stick. All fits into my Dopp kit with my other toiletries.
I don't skimp on my travel shaves. I usually bring a regular razor or two, a full-size strop in a travel case, a boar brush in a travel case, soap/cream, ASB, and a cologne sample or three.
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
I usually don't scrimp either, but don't carry excess weight on flights if possible. My gear varies depending if I am going away for a couple of days or a couple of weeks.
So....
Back row is a Tulip 1 in a pill bottle with ventilation holes. The Tulip 1 works well with both hard soaps and creams. A Simpson's Major will do well too, but the Tulip is larger and the pill bottle is not much larger than the Major.
One straight per week, I can get a week out of a straight with stropping only. Sometimes a spare, straights are light.
On the right, Myrsol AB in the 50 ml plastic bottle, a piece of a Chargrin Valley shampoo bar for the hair. On the left, a small razor hone if I want to carry it, and a piece of cord that serves as a clothesline and to secure the strop to a shower rod or towel rack.
I carry a full size strop in a travel case if I am using luggage large enough to carry it flat. If not, I am not going to be gone for more than a few days and may well just palm strop or carry a small piece of generic leather.
I don't carry all those soaps, but some selection of the 4 in the middle are the usual suspects: 90 gram tin of LpL Rose de Pushkar, 90 gram tin with Czech and Speake 88 or O&C, a La Toja stick, and actually MdC fougere in the D.R. Harris tube. The MdC usually goes because a coconut oil soap will lather in any water. If I want some variety, it's usually a few grams of Castle Forbes, or other cream in the sample size containers or actual samples.
There's also a small piece of styptic which I've never had to use. I used to carry an alum bar for both styptic and deodorant, but it's quite heavy for a piece that's large enough to comfortably do both.
Cheers, Steve
So....
Back row is a Tulip 1 in a pill bottle with ventilation holes. The Tulip 1 works well with both hard soaps and creams. A Simpson's Major will do well too, but the Tulip is larger and the pill bottle is not much larger than the Major.
One straight per week, I can get a week out of a straight with stropping only. Sometimes a spare, straights are light.
On the right, Myrsol AB in the 50 ml plastic bottle, a piece of a Chargrin Valley shampoo bar for the hair. On the left, a small razor hone if I want to carry it, and a piece of cord that serves as a clothesline and to secure the strop to a shower rod or towel rack.
I carry a full size strop in a travel case if I am using luggage large enough to carry it flat. If not, I am not going to be gone for more than a few days and may well just palm strop or carry a small piece of generic leather.
I don't carry all those soaps, but some selection of the 4 in the middle are the usual suspects: 90 gram tin of LpL Rose de Pushkar, 90 gram tin with Czech and Speake 88 or O&C, a La Toja stick, and actually MdC fougere in the D.R. Harris tube. The MdC usually goes because a coconut oil soap will lather in any water. If I want some variety, it's usually a few grams of Castle Forbes, or other cream in the sample size containers or actual samples.
There's also a small piece of styptic which I've never had to use. I used to carry an alum bar for both styptic and deodorant, but it's quite heavy for a piece that's large enough to comfortably do both.
Cheers, Steve
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When I travel time is usually at a premium so I bring a DE.
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You know I don't have anything against going the DE route but I always get more Knicks with one for some reason.
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