Thread: New user: military advice

Hello all. Renato from Boston. Getting my first straight in a few days waiting for it anxiously along with a strop from whipped dog. Been shaving with a dovo shavette been dying to do the jump. I'm in the Military and am looking for supplies to shave on deployment that are not travel size. I am planning on getting a kangaroo strop and am wondering what else I should go for. A good case/Dopp bag idea. I was thinking cigar box.

Welcome and thank you for your service.

A plastic toothbrush holder works for a lot of razors. For my brush when I am traveling I roll it up in a washcloth to protect the hairs and keep them straight. I travel with Proraso soap in the plastic tub, because I know the soap works in every water type I have encountered. Strops are the toughest to travel with as you don't want to crease the leather. I roll mine up and put a large rubber band around it, then put it in a gallon zip loc bag so foreign particles (we travel to the beach a lot) won't get embedded into the leather. You may also want to pick up a quality barber hone in case something happens to the edge while about. I carry a swaty barber hone.

Makeup travel cases or boxes can hold all you need and more, Amazon.com has good selection, you don't need to buy one that is pink,lol. Many are crush proof.

Empty toilet paper tube fits most brushes to protect the bristles. Cottage cheese carton works for an unbreakable "mug" and a tub of TOBS shaving cream nests nicely inside! Strops without handles roll better than with. I second the toothbrush carrier or else the best is at alembicproducts.com

Hi Rdefreitas & welcome aboard. I see shooter has given you some great ideas so far. His ideas are excellent. You can practice stropping in spare time by using a dull knife, butter knife or whatever to keep from cutting a strop & also dulling your razor edge. Aside from that, doing some reading in the Library here beginning with the beginners Guide is also a good idea & go from there. I can't think of any other ideas at the moment but if I do, I will comment more. I'm sure others will have some ideas as well. Great to have you here.
Thank you very much for serving our country & Happy Holidays.
Good luck my friend.

About the roo hide strop: you can roll it up, but do so with the finish side OUT.
That's so it doesn't get wrinkles and/or creases. And don't wrap it too tight.

However, I'd be careful about using a rubber band, which could create an indentation
on the strop surface. Perhaps you could find some tubing of some sort to hold it,
or a small container with a lid.

You might consider adding some sort of razor oil, or something like Tuff-Glide,
to protect the razor blade from corrosion. Mineral oil works, and there are
commercial razor oils available.

Good luck!

Hello and welcome Renato, all good advise.
Perhaps you might want to consider a strop block to take with you as it travels well and if damaged it isn't an expensive loss.

Maybe a modular loom rather than hanging strop. Easier to transport without damaging. Can also have leather, felt and pasted either for refreshing.

Welcome!

I have this Dopp bag, it's nice and holds more than just shaving supplies, but it won't hold all toiletries if you're not carrying travel sized bottles:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...rch_detailpage

For travel purposes a paddlestrop is less prone to be damaged then a hanging strop. Most I've seen com in some sort of container., cardboard or plastic.