Thread: Maintaining Your Shave, On The Road.

I'm on this road right now and this is my setup. The razor has a leather case which goes into the Dopp kit. The strop goes in the suit case between layers of clothes.


The pharmacy bottles hold the shave stick and brush. I drilled holes in the one for the brush so it can air out.

I am very happy with this setup and am able to get great shaves on the road. Have fun!

Originally Posted by Mrchick

I'm on this road right now and this is my setup. The razor has a leather case which goes into the Dopp kit. The strop goes in the suit case between layers of clothes.
The pharmacy bottles hold the shave stick and brush. I drilled holes in the one for the brush so it can air out.
I am very happy with this setup and am able to get great shaves on the road. Have fun!

Aloha Mr. C.

My Dopp kit and gear look very similar to yours, right down to the pill bottle with holes for my brush (as you can see from my earlier post). I'm going to add an Arko shave stick in a second pill bottle on my next trip out. Either that or Palmolive. The only real difference in our kits is that I added a 12k barber hone recently. Otherwise our kits are very similar. And in full disclosure, the only reason I added that hone is because I realized by accident that I had it sitting idle with my fly fishing equipment. But after I added it to my travel shave gear, I used it frequently. If you don't have it, the strop is fine. If you have it, you think, "Why Not Polish The Edge Tonight?"

Of course, I do have a Shavette and a DE with me as well as my straight simply because I am trying to improve my Shavette skils. I need the DE for a second pass when I use the Shavette as I only do ONE pass with the Shavette to keep nicks and cuts at a bare minimum. I usually cut myself on Shavette second passes.

One more sidebar;
I have recently honed a Gold Dollar 66 that I got for free with my new travel strop. Honestly, it took a better edge that is lasting longer than my Cutthroat Gents razor. The Gents is OK but I struggle to keep a shave-ready edge on it. The Gold Dollar honed up a bit finer and the edge holds up better. Plus, the Gold Dollar gives much better tactile feedback and audible feedback. Go figure. The Gold Dollar was free and the Gents cost me $30. Yet the Dollar is performing better. I may (and I hate to admit this) start traveling with the Gold Dollar instead of the Gents. I can see why Youtube Gurus like The Stallion Anthony Esposito are shaving with the Dollar. I know I should use my better razors while traveling, but I can't bring myself to travel with my top shelf blades - yet.

Enjoy your trip.

-Zip

I'm not surprised a bit by your assessment of your Gold Dollar. Both of mine hone up quite well, dispite the short shrift they often get. I'm not familiar with your Cutthroat, but let me encourage you to take your best razors with you on the road. I take mine all the time with no apprehension.

I agree about taking a good razor. I have had this Tuckmar in my kit for many trips and haven't done anything but strop it. It's still giving me great shaves. Maybe I'll take Zip's advice and toss in a barber's hone for future trips, just in case.

Aloha gents.

I agree 100 percent. I know I should be taking a better razor, and perhaps the new year will see that come to pass.

The Cutthroat Gents razor was a fairy decent shave under $30 (actually NOW it's under $20 at Amazon). It's a finer finished razor than the Gold Dollar by far. But some report that it is stubborn to take an edge and that it does not like to hold an edge. I can agree with this. It acts like it's forming a wire edge on every honing if you are not very careful. The Gold Dollar I got for free is the rock bottom 66 model, that reviewers have stated is not worth even honing. Yet mine yields a very good comfortable shave, and the edge holds up well. I can see why Youtube Gurus like The Stallion Anthony Esposito shave with it frequently. It's an enigma.

-Zip

Originally Posted by ZipZop

I can see why Youtube Gurus like The Stallion Anthony Esposito shave with it frequently.

I love The Stallion! He not only extolls the virtues of the Gold Dollars, he mocks and curses the detractors. But I digress.

I always travel by air, and mostly with a carry-on only - so I'm usually both weight and space conscious. Hence my travel kit:

Half of it goes into old sunglasses soft case, the other half (the liquid one) goes into small zip-lock bag - to keep TSA happy.
When checking in, the shavette is replaced by one of my straights and small paddle strop.

Originally Posted by Longhaultanker

I love The Stallion! He not only extolls the virtues of the Gold Dollars, he mocks and curses the detractors. But I digress.

And someday, he might even learn how to hone. That is, if he continues lurking around here.

Originally Posted by Utopian

And someday, he might even learn how to hone. That is, if he continues lurking around here.

This video proves what? And what relation has it to Anthony Esposito?

My travel kit consists of a GEM 1912 SE (plus blades in a plastic magazine) a synthetic Body Shop brush and a tub of Body Shop Maca root shaving cream. I also take a screw top plastic bottle of Natio AS balm. The reason I don't bother with a straight is that most of my travelling involves flying and many airlines no longer tolerate straight razors even in checked baggage.