Thread: Travel Brushes and trouble

You can make any brush you have a travel brush by simply popping it in a case to protect the brush when travelling. From there you can go to brushes specifically designed for that purpose if you want to. No matter which way you go there are compromises to be made in weight, the volume of space it takes in your travel kit and size of knot. If weight and volume are of no concern simply take your full sized brush, pop it in a container and you are good to go. Easy peasy. If you want to shrink the size and weight of your travel brush there is more to think about.

In this pic from left to right are an SOC badge full sized badger brush, A Simpsons Chubby 2 synthetic in a home made travel tube, A Simpsons Classic 1 synthetic in a Simpsons travel tube and a Muhle synthetic travel brush in it's self storing condition.



In the this pic they are out of their containers.



In this pic you can see the difference in diameters of the brush handles.



Lastly the two Simpsons brushes with their containers.



All the brushes pictured will work. Personally I prefer synthetic knots for a travel brush because they dry very quickly. The Muhle was my first travel brush and does well. The draw backs are that being constructed of chrome over brass it is heavy and it needs a bit of assembly/dis-assembly to use and restore. It feels like it weighs as much as the Chubby 2 full sized brush. I then tried the Simpsons Chubby 2 synthetic and enjoyed a full sized brush by simply popping it out of and back into its container but the penalty was bulk and weight. Lastly I got the Simpsons Classic 1 synthetic which has the advantage of being less bulky, lightest in weight and easy to use, no assembly/dis-assembly needed. The down side is a handle tending to be small, 40mm height and smaller diameter with a knot also tending to the small side at about 22mm.

The Simpsons Classic 1 synthetic is about as far as I would want to compromise to gain the maximum benefit of the least amount of bulk and weight in a travel brush. Again the easiest course of action is just to take your favourite full sized brush. If you want to shrink bulk and weight there is a bit more to think about in the combination of compromises you are willing to make to avoid being disappointed.

Bob

Is no such thing as a travel Brush,any brush can travel,Is all in how you store it in say your dopp kit or luggage.
You need a container that will allow it to dry plain and simple.
You can make these for 2 bux (tap plastics).

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Is no such thing as a travel Brush,any brush can travel,Is all in how you store it in say your dopp kit or luggage.
You need a container that will allow it to dry plain and simple.
You can make these for 2 bux (tap plastics).

Yea, in my OP opening sentence I said just that.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Yea, in my OP opening sentence I said just that.

Bob

Sorry about that

Originally Posted by BobH

You can make any brush you have a travel brush by simply popping it in a case to protect the brush when travelling. ...snip...
Bob

Well done! And for the really tiny space is a knot in a PVC Pipe cap is a super Chubby.

Originally Posted by Geezer

Well done! And for the really tiny space is a knot in a PVC Pipe cap is a super Chubby.

Now I like that, will have to try it too. Thanks for posting.

Bob

I have a leather case which was designed to be used for traveling with your brush. It works awesome. Parker makes it.

Originally Posted by Geezer

Well done! And for the really tiny space is a knot in a PVC Pipe cap is a super Chubby.

known as the PV Chubby,,,,,,,,

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.

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.