Thread: Prolonging the life of the blade

Good advise from Al and English. If you are set on bring the straights just bring a barber's hone for touch ups. You should not need to set the bevels again unless you damage the edge,

I would be more concerned with how you'd carry your strop around....If you're set on bringing the straight along with you, I would consider getting a paddle strop or a synthetic strop from Tony Miller. From what I understand, the synthetic vegan strop is very low maintanence, so you wouldn't have to worry so much about getting it wet or dirty. But a paddle strop would be a lot easier to travel with and use. A small barber hone is all you would really need to do touchups. Personally, I would bring a little coticule along with me, but I'm a little partial to natural stones...

But, if I were backpacking around for a while, I would just bring my DE. If I brought my straight and supplies I would be too preoccupied worrying about forgetting them or damaging them! But, the choice is your's

Dave