Well that stinks. Certainly good to know though.
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Ive kept blades going that long with a strop, that said my bike kit is a Feather folding replaceable blade, so no strop needed and a sharp blade at my disposal
Make, or have made a travel kit.
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If you are touring by bike you need something protective, and yet still usable.
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Thought about this some more.
You probably want to take two straight razors with you and a brush and a strop and maybe a hone.
The problem seems to be safely storing the razors and strop/hone in the pannier. Shaving soap, travel brush or brush in a container can fit into the pannier wherever it is most efficient.
Strop-it sells a leather case with a flap closure that holds 2 straight razors securely. I got mine for $20 Canadian from Fendrihan:
https://www.fendrihan.ca/products/st...SABEgK0CfD_BwE
The strop/hone solution could be a travel strop with paste on one side, but most of those are paddle strops at least 12” long. Strop-It makes an 18 1/4" by 1 3/4" replacement strop that Fendrihan sells for $21 Canadian. You could easily turn that into 1 unpasted and 1 pasted strop that can fit into Zip-Loc bags.
This allows you store. all the not very big shaving components loose in a pannier.
Just a thought.
Sounds like a bucket list trip!
Another option for a strop is a kangaroo one. Small and thin you can roll it up and it takes up no room at all. I have one and love it, I take it everywhere with me.
I really like that roo strop. I ended up getting the Dovo travel strop and it too is small and rolls up nicely. I'm used to red latigo for a strop and was really impressed with the quality of the leather on the Dovo. I'll have to find a good container to protect it.
Here's my travel rig. It holds everything for shaving+a lot more. It's hard to see but there's a roll of 10 razors in the main compartment. The bottom compartment is huge, room enough for a couple of stones or a strop.
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Nice but a little over sized for the OP.