Thread: Travel

Originally Posted by BobH

You could also check out the Daines and Hathaway models Daines & Hathaway - Fendrihan Canada . Might be a good deal in there considering the exchange rate on the Canadian dollar right now.

Bob

Oh my.

Unfortunately my quick internet searches reveal nothing similar but more cheaply constructed.

My sister-in-law wants to try and construct one from some sort of heavy cotton fabric. Anybody tried this, or have some patterns?

First off all, welcome skunkfunk to SRP. As for a travel kit, the fabric would be duck cotton, a heavy weight fabric used for many, many things. I'm sure if she looks in the fabric stores, like Jo-Ann's, in the pattern section she should find a pattern or two in the craft section of patterns. Alternately, you could design a roll-up type with the pockets, slots and loops that you feel you would need and let her make it for you. The possibilities actually are endless and you would have a one of a kind. If no pattern exists find and show her a carpenter's roll-up that is used for storing and carrying things like chisels and screwdrivers as a starting point. Harbor freight is a good place to look for those.

Depending on how long I'm travelling for, I take 1 or 2 SRs, a small travel strop, my cheap horse hair travel brush, 1 pot of cream. What I don't do is leave something out as I don't have room. I make room. If SWMBO can manage makeup bags, hairdryer, hair straighteners, hair curlers, shoes, shoes and some more shoes, I can manage my shave kit!

Originally Posted by wayne394

Depending on how long I'm travelling for, I take 1 or 2 SRs, a small travel strop, my cheap horse hair travel brush, 1 pot of cream. What I don't do is leave something out as I don't have room. I make room. If SWMBO can manage makeup bags, hairdryer, hair straighteners, hair curlers, shoes, shoes and some more shoes, I can manage my shave kit!

That is why I have one big rule when we travel, you pack it you hump it.

Bob

Skunkfunk, my roll-up kit is made from 10 oz cotton canvas. The canvas is wax treated but I don't think it's really necessary. Frost River specializes in waxed canvas canoeing packs so it's probably why they use it for the Dopp kit.