Thread: leather razor case opinions

Excellent craftsmanship and thanks for reaching out to the community for ideas!

Everyone has offered great input! I agree with different sizes and possibly some type of soft lining to offer more protection and reduce movement. I would mainly use a case or couple of cases when traveling.

I have always steered away from current case offerings and travel with straights because it requires me to leave an unstropped razor in storage. Unless I bring my strop, which is too long for my luggage, as I pack lighter than a criminal running to Mexico.

If I could get a dual razor case that folds in the bottom, containing linen and leather sandwiched in between, I would be interested.

The stropping components can be 1.5" or 2" X 6" to be functional, plus if they were backed by a semi-hard surface, it would add to the protection of the razors. If I could throw it in the bottom of a backpack and not worry about it too, now we're talkin'

Thanks for the input guys! all ideas to consider. definitely will consider at least one more size. I kept the design simple as far as decoration on this one since it is sort of a prototype. already found i need to adjust the one of the dimensions on it for the next one.
The sheep skin lining is a good idea but Is there some sort of material it could be lined with to fill space that wouldn't attract moisture?

Originally Posted by tintin

Thanks for the input guys! all ideas to consider. definitely will consider at least one more size. I kept the design simple as far as decoration on this one since it is sort of a prototype. already found i need to adjust the one of the dimensions on it for the next one.
The sheep skin lining is a good idea but Is there some sort of material it could be lined with to fill space that wouldn't attract moisture?

Itnwould complicate things further, but a dessicant pack pocket in the bottom or top flap would eliminate alot of moisture issues.

Originally Posted by tintin

Thanks for the input guys! all ideas to consider. definitely will consider at least one more size. I kept the design simple as far as decoration on this one since it is sort of a prototype. already found i need to adjust the one of the dimensions on it for the next one.
The sheep skin lining is a good idea but Is there some sort of material it could be lined with to fill space that wouldn't attract moisture?

I often burnish the inside of my knife cases with Bee's wax. I don't see moisture being a problem if the blade is properly dried & it's only a few days.

You could always cut & form inside the case, a liner made out of a Gun sleeve/sock. One of these is under $10.00 & liner about 20 razor cases.

I have a couple of SRD leather cases, and I much prefer your rigid design aesthetic. The climate in eastern WA is fairly dry (except for possibly this last year), and I have had no moisture issues with the 2 razors I have stored in my cases (always drying the razor for a day before returning to its case).