Thread: travel setup?

Hi guys,

I'm just new to this and have all my stuff on its way - but have been thinking about the travel options. With my job, I would fly around Australia for 2/3 nights at a time every two to three months. This is only going to increase in the foreseeable future.

Now I can't carry a straight in my carry on luggage! I know that....

But what do people do for a travel setup? What kinds of strop? Do you have a different razor? Different brush/soap etc?

Just thinking so thought I would ask!

Matt

Matt,

I don't do anything different really - pick a couple of straights, a brush, some soaps or cream. I put my strop in a plastic bag fully laid out and whack that on the bottom of my suitcase. The rest goes in the toilet bag, with rubber bands around the razors inside their coffins in case they work open during transit. I use a spare shoelace to tie my strop to the bathroom door in my accommodation.

James.

Matt,
I can second James' recommendation, I did almost exactly that for quite some time.
In the future, when you are in a spending mood, I can also now highly recommend one of Tony Miller's synthetic travel strops. Mine fits around the inside of my shave/shower kit, is impervious to moisture, and does a pretty good job. It also already has a beaded lanyard. Slip it over the door knob, slide the bead up, and you are ready.
I pack my straights in the toothbrush sleeves in the same kit, and one of the pockets inside is where my two small hones go. Shaving cream packs just like toothpaste, and I pack a brush inside a ziploc bag. The Omega synthetic brushes work excellently in this regard as they dry quickly and are generally more travel friendly. Even better, they are cheap, allowing you to leave your beautiful badger brush safely at home, should you so wish.

Just throwing out options, anyway. If you DO use your regular strop from home, do just like James said, keep the thing flat. It is much better that way, unless you are using a paddle strop, in which case...you don't have to worry about it really.

Good luck with your traveling, at any rate. If you are seriously worried about your straights, it's also possible to mail them ahead in many cases, or leave one with a friend, that sort of thing. IF you do not already have more than one, it will happen to you soon. Embrace the addiction,
it's the only way.

John P.

I find traveling fairly easy. The only difference from my home set up is I use a cream and a very nice badger hair travel brush I piced up from the Classic Shaving. The brush retreats back into its own handle and like Jimbo, I put my strop on the bottom of my suitcase. It's real easy once you get you mind around just how uncomplicated it really is. Everything (except the strop) fits into the old shaving kit i've had for the past 10 or more years.

Thanks everyone - thats just the answer I need. I'm actually going away next week so will test out how I go with this new kit!

Thanks again,

Matt

Here's my setup and the reasoning behind it..
1) Wapi and The Winner (they shave well but they don't look like much, so they're not much of a theft risk) in a metal DOVO case.
2) I leave the badger at home and use the plastic Wilkinson brush (dries out quickly and it's cheap, so it's no great loss)
3) Tony Miller's synthetic strop since it can take a beating in the luggage and still come out flat
4) Proraso soap (I heard that it doesn't attract bugs and even acts as a mild repellant, which is important to me as I do a bit of work in the bush and it comes in its own sealable box)
5) Proraso pre/after shave cream (same reasons as the soap and it also gives me a major minty blast)

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Here's my setup and the reasoning behind it..
1) Wapi and The Winner (they shave well but they don't look like much, so they're not much of a theft risk) in a metal DOVO case.
2) I leave the badger at home and use the plastic Wilkinson brush (dries out quickly and it's cheap, so it's no great loss)
3) Tony Miller's synthetic strop since it can take a beating in the luggage and still come out flat
4) Proraso soap (I heard that it doesn't attract bugs and even acts as a mild repellant, which is important to me as I do a bit of work in the bush and it comes in its own sealable box)
5) Proraso pre/after shave cream (same reasons as the soap and it also gives me a major minty blast)

Your reasoning is sound and I ended up with pretty much the same set-up, 2 Wapi's in a Dovo case because they're cheap and shave good and I wouldn't cry too much if they were lost or stolen. Proraso for the sealable dish, cheap brush, yup.

Just came across this setup offered at Amazon, while looking for a travel kit for myself.

It's a bit pricey, and I don't know if it can be modified for my SE, but I'm a big fan of Kiehl's products, even if this is some type of rebrand. I like that it's got the nail kit included. I usually travel with a separate leather nail kit I got at Selfridges.

Still looking for the ideal handsome all-in-one travel kit. Got to be leather, got to fit one or two SE's, brush, etc.