Thread: Travel frustrations!

Alright, so the wife and I are going on a cruise and this means no SR....I am sad since I am about a month into shaving with it. I still plan on bringing wet prep, not going all the way back to the old ways but I will have to use the cartridge razor. Wish I had a safety razor but currently I don't. I will talkto you all when I am back from using the SUper fun 5 blade wonder machine for a week....oh well could be worse???

Is it because the cruise line told you SRs are not allowed on board, or rather because you don't want to risk a nick because of some rolling of the ship while shaving (although these huge cruise ships typically are quite stable)?

Don't want to have anythign happen to my one and only SR currently is part of it, the 2nd part is that it seems many cruise lines believe that a SR is as dangerous a weapon as a knife. However it seems you could get a DE razor on board?! I don't get it but again not taking any chances with my one and only SR. So those are my options...I guess there is always fire, burn the whiskers off...

Most cruse ships as long as it is in your bags when you come on they are fine with it. I always have a pocket knife (pretty good sized one CRKT m16) in my pocket and I have been on 3 cruises and the have never given me an issue. You can pick up a DE normally in the ships store depending on the ship. I would pick up a DE from a shop before I go if you are nervous about the SR. Having a DE as a back up for when you travel is nice, less stuff to unpack. The spas on the ship sometimes have shave appointments where you can get a SR shave done before the formal dinner. Make your appointments early though. Have a great cruise.

Eric

Well if you can have DE why not fork for a Shavette if you want to keep the Straight Razor Experience. I picked one up strictly for travel purposes.

dont know how much time you have , but i just grabbed a gillete super speed for $8.49 in pretty good shape ... if you had a few days there are a few on the bay u get get ... i figured id give one a try and won it ..lol

I second the shavette. Also many cruise ships have old fashioned barbers and you may be able to get a shave.

I took my straight/strop/soap etc on a cruise ship last year, actually did two cruises off one ship straight on to another and had no problem on either.

thanks guys, mostly just whining since I am not willing to risk the one SR I have on travel at the moment and i only have time, since I fly tomorrow, to take the beast with 5 blades. wahwah

G'Day Robert, I just got back from a cruise today and they didn't allow cut-throats on board.

I took my 1956 Gillette flare tip and had enough trouble using it with the rolling of the ship (we were dodging a cyclone).

Hope you have a good time - we did