Thread: Travel Brushes and trouble

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I just bought a really cheap boar and used that, then I turned it into the troll brush. When you are using fairly inexpensive brushes I don't think you need to worry too much Unless it will be packed wet for a long period of time.

Yes, that would do nicely too. When I travel by car and hotel it at a different hotel each day the brush can stay damp for days on end. If you fly or drive in one day to your final destination and stay there till your return you can leave the brush out to dry each day. The bonus is that the hotel staff are not likely to steal a $10 boar brush, those brushes are quite good, and if they do no big loss. As always there is more than one way to do things satisfactorily depending on circumstances.

Bob

I do a short Trufitt and Hill brush slipped inside a plastic sliver dollar coin holder with holes punched in the top! I think I paid a buck for the holder at the coin store.

I had one casualty myself when trying to adapt a favorite badger brush for travel. My efforts consisted mainly of using a large prescription bottle and putting holes in the lid. I tried using a tissue/not using a tissue for drying purposes. The smell was really pretty bad and after two trips the knot came out of the base. I then bought a $40 badger travel brush and there was no backbone whatsoever to it and I ultimately threw it away. This is what worked for me:

It is a 21mm Omega boar brush that completely exposes the top when it is inside the cylinder. On the right is the brush inside the base for shaving, and on the left is the brush (upside down) inside the case for storage. I got mine from Imperial Shaving for $18.99 but you can get the same thing for $10 (with an Omega rather than Imperial logo). There really isn't much difference between a 21mm knot with 45mm loft and 22mm knot with 55mm loft.

That is the only possible problem with using a brush with a natural fiber knot vs a synthetic. They sometimes do not dry enough and get kind of funky smelling. Never had that problem with synthetic knot.

Bob

Originally Posted by armourpc

Take an empty toilet roll any brush will fit inside its cheap and i keep my brushes inside them in my vanity drawer too it saves the hairs from getting mangled. Stored after they are dried though good for brush rotation like the razors.

Is what I use when I travel