Thread: Maintaining Your Shave, On The Road.

You guys have some really great ideas and kits.
One day I might travel and have to refer back to this thread.

My travel kit is pretty simple. I take a Gillette fat handle tech, a tuck of blades, one soap (eg Cella), one cream (eg Nivea Original), one brush (Omega), and some witch hazel. Done. If I lost the whole kit it wouldn't matter. I prefer to SR shave at home.

What he said ++
That's really the essence of our approach. Moderate quality shaving while travelling but no crying shame if it's gone. In my case I've already got a supply of GEM 1912s and you couldn't cry over a Body Shop brush disappearing - they're really terrible

Originally Posted by Whizbang

If I lost the whole kit it wouldn't matter. I prefer to SR shave at home.

Aloha!

This is my motorcycle camping Dopp kit. Very small and very simple. Weishi DE razor with case and mirror. Samauri Stainless Shavette. Voskhod blades. Omega Nylon brush in pill bottle. Homebrew Witch Hazel Astringent. Homebrew Wintergreen Alcohol Aftershave. Lucky Tiger Liquid Shave cream in squirt bottle. Sample size cologne spray (whatever I happen to pick up for free at department stores).

That's it. My toothbrush, hair brush, shampoo, deodorant alum block and shower soap also fit in the little case. Done.



-Zip

Originally Posted by Maladroit

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.

I fly all of the time with a straight in my checked bag and have never had a problem. Where did you hear airlines don't tolerate this?

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Agreed.

I'm a trusted traveler through Nexus (US and Canada Customs clearance) and I check all the time on what you can bring onboard and what you can and can't check. The big no-no is flamables and crazy things like live animals or explosives. Blades and guns are fine to check. Bring your entire kitchen cutlery if you want. It's carry-on that you have to be careful of. Straights are not allowed and if they find them, you will lose them. Same with razor blades, but many slip these through. I am a bit more careful as I don't want too many dings on my trusted traveler profile.

-Zip

Same here: traveled with many different companies and never had any trouble to check in my straights. Actually, when checking in I usually also have my diving knife in the bag - which is much more intimidating - never had any troubles with it either.

Originally Posted by Mrchick

I fly all of the time with a straight in my checked bag and have never had a problem. Where did you hear airlines don't tolerate this?

When I was in Europe in 2015 Easyjet were advising that straight razors and certain other sharps were not permitted even in checked bags but their web site now advises that "razor blades" are permitted in checked bags but not in cabin bags. This seems like a backtrack from their earlier position and seems to be now the general airline industry standard. Let's hope it stays that way.

Originally Posted by Maladroit

When I was in Europe in 2015 Ezyjet were advising that straight razors and certain other sharps were not permitted even in checked bags but their web site now advises that "razor blades" are permitted in checked bags but not in cabin bags. This seems like a backtrack from their earlier position and seems to be now the general airline industry standard. Let's hope it stays that way.

Yea, even in 2015 Ezyjet was out of step with the rest of the worlds airlines as far as putting straight razors and knives in checked baggage. Then again nothing says an airline can't have even stricter rules than industry standard for such things as what is permissible in checked baggage. The industry standard being the minimum acceptable. It always pays to check with the individual airlines involved in your travels.

Bob

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OK gentlemen, we are getting off track here because now we are talking GLOBAL transportation and not just US or North American transportation.

Easyjet is a BRITISH based airline and thus they are outside of the rules of US Federal law and regulations. It is well known that British airlines have a different set of rules with regard to checked baggage. You can NOT take knives or guns or even seemingly safe tiems like loose batteries in checked luggage on BRITISH based airliners. US based airlines are a completely different story, and I thought we were talking US based airlines here. Of course, if you are traveling to Europe or the Middle East or parts unknown on a US or foreign airline, you must CHECK with the airline before taking your razors or guns or other items that could be considered dangerous or be used as a weapon. That's just common sense because once the wheels touch down at a foreign airport, you are obviously no longer in the US and are subject to foreign policy and regulations.

In the US, ALL US arlines flying domestically are by federal law required to comply with TSA - The Transportation Security Administration - regulations. If knives and guns ARE permitted by the TSA in checked baggage (and they ARE), then US airlines have to comply with this. It's no different than a US based airline having to comply with weight and balance or fuel regulations or other safety regulations like having to provide seat belts for passengers. A US airline can't arbitrairly decide to "do their own thing" with regard to any rules or regulations set by the FAA or TSA. It's the reason the TSA was set up. Now you know what to expect on ANY airline flying domestically in the USA. There is no variance.

Because of an agreement between the US and Canada for security on airlines flying between the US and Canada (Driven by the NEXUS Border Patrol Agreement between the US and Canadian customs), you find mostly common items on both country's banned list of on-board and checked baggage, but it is still wise to check before you fly between the US and Canada. But there is no such agreement with European countries, so if you are flying to the UK or France or Spain or other European countries, you do need to check on if you can bring a Straight Razor on as checked baggage.

In the US, if you are flying domestically, you certainly CAN fly with your straight razor or your entire collection of straight razors in your checked baggage on ANY US based airline. ANY. Again, if you want, you can bring your entire set of kitchen cutlery including your 12" Chef's knife sharpened to a razors edge. You do not have to declare knives or razors in checked bags if flying domestically on US airlines. Now on to guns. If you wish, you can bring your 9mm handgun, your 10mm handgun, your 44 magnum lever action rifle and your 12 gauge shotgun (unloaded and declared to the airline) in your checked bags on US based airlines flying domestically. By federal regulations they have to accept these items. US based airlines flying domestically can not decide that they are going to do their own thing and ban straight razors or guns in checked baggage. If they do, then they are in breach of federal regulations and subject to fines and prosecution.

The only variance on this is where an airline may place ADDITIONAL requirements on existing regulations for added security, without changing the initial regulation. For example, Delta now requires you to PICK UP your checked firearms at the BAGGAG SERVICE OFFICE instead of at baggage claim. So if you are flying Delta with unloaded guns declared in checked baggage, you have to go to the baggage service office to get them when you arrive, and not expect them to be in your baggage on the belt at baggage claim. But Delta must allow you to CHECK firearms in baggage because it is allowed by federal regulation.

As a Pilot, I am sure of this. Just trying to clear up the confusion here since we are now talking global airlines.

-Zip