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Just wondering how everyone else travels with their mug and soap. I just leave the soap in the mug and build my lather in the mug and leave it there. May not be the proper way but seems to work with me.
Now, the mug I have was given to me by my mom which was her dads mug so I am not too confident I can travel with it without breaking it.
I am just curious and up for suggestions. I suppose I will pick up another mug made of plastic or so...
I found this one handy for traveling.It doesn't have a ton of room to make lather,but enough.And it's got a lid.I think it was this one:
Men's Shaving Bowl, Chrome Plated METAL SHAVE BOWL - eBay (item 290366642796 end time Mar-04-10 06:23:25 PST)
Is there a particular reason you'd only use a soap, or would you consider cream as well? Cream works pretty well just lathering on the face in a pinch, or in a glass, or even in the palm of your hand. For that versatility alone, cream is all I take with me when I travel.
Just a thought.
Mark
Hello, PWillis:
You can buy plastic containers with lids from Mama Bear or metal containers with lids from Bull Goose. They both work well for soap. Lather on your face and you're all set.
Regards,
Obie
Or you can simply recycle an empty plastic travel size Proraso shaving soap/cream container and fill it with your favorite shaving cream.
I do...Works quite well.
When I travel I bring a Proraso soap.
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I`m off on honey moon this summer and was plnning on picking up a small tube of cream and stealing one of the hotels mugs to wip up lather in.
I use a little tupperware container, like the kind you use to hold a single serving of salad dressing. I grate the soap with a cheese grater & pack it into the container, because the container is the wrong size. Snap the lid on & go.
Yep a plastic mug. tin cup or inexpensive kitchen storage containerQuote:
Originally Posted by PWillis
makes sense for the travel kit.
Can you post a link?Quote:
Originally Posted by Obie
My suggestion would be a shave-stick from Mama Bear. Just rub the soap on your face and face-lather. There is a tutorial on the website on how to use it. I love 'em.
Just my 2 bits.
The shave soap sticks are great for traveling - Harris makes a good product. I prefer to face-lather anyway. Pre de Provence soap is excellent and comes in a screw top container. Just some other options.
Jordan
Hello, AnarchoPhil:Quote:
Originally Posted by AnarchoPhil
Let's try this: Mama Bears Soaps and Gift Shop , Mama Bears Shaving Soaps and Bath Products for the Discerning Gentleman and Lady.
Sue Clark, the soap mistress and owner, is an absolute delight.
Regards,
Obie
I don't do much traveling anymore but when I was in the Army I traveled with my mug and soap everywhere. Even took it to A-stan. I used (and still use) a plastic mug that I got from Tony Miller and Williams soap. I picked up a large toiletries bag (don't ask me where 'cause I don't remember) and everything fit just fine. Occassionally my cake would get knocked out of the mug in transit but that didn't really pose a problem.
I just choose a soap that comes in it's own container when I travel. On my last trip, I brought SRD's Blood Orange and just mix the lather right in the plastic can. It seems ready-made for travelling.
I take a boar brush and small tupperware container with a small puck of soap in it. I take my razor in a toothbrush holder tube. In a pinch I have used hotel soap in the palm of my hand with my brush. Marvey makes the standard rubber shaving mug that you see in barber shops Barber Poles and that would work too, but it would take up more room.
When we traveled to Scotland in January I wanted to travel as light as possible, so I just popped a puck of Williams into one ziplock bag and my spare boar brush in the other. The soap mug took up no extra space, cost me nothing, and never got lost, since it was attached to the end of my left arm. :) Inelegant, but it worked.
~Rich
I make a soft shaving soap that's the consistency of putty or warm wax. That way I can press it into the shape of any container. I can tear off a small piece into the bottom of one of those shallow, slope-sided, two-inch scuttle bowls; or flatten the whole four-ounce cake into an Edwin Jagger apothecary-style mug. The soap itself rides in a 4 oz. souffle cup with a snap-on lid, so it can be kept safe from dust.
So for me when I travel I grab up whatever's available, such as an 8-oz. souffle cup that has lots of room for mixing foam in. Plop a bit of soft shaving soap in there and I'm good.
If I had to just take the 4-oz. cup with me, that would still work fine; I'd work a thick lather onto the tip of the brush, spread, then wet the brush for thinning and spreading out farther. The biggest question is which brush I'll be using; probably one of those stiff boar-brush ones with a short loft, where the bristles stand straight and don't flop around. Otherwise I'd worry the brush would get frazzled in transit.
I use VDH shave soap so...I just get a new puck and leave it in the plastic thingee when I'm travelling. Can get a bit messy but works in a pinch. When I return from travelling I just continue to use it as usual once I put it in the nug. Shut the top after you're finished and it works out. I actually had a shave bowl break while travelling and ceramic shards were a concern for a while. Hope this helps. Rich.
I carry a tube of shaving cream and usually use the cup or saucer you find in the hotel room. Either that or mix the lather on my hand.
SRD soaps come in a plastic tub with a screw on lid, positively IDEAL for traveling!
I found a nice little metal mug, an enameled "tin cup." It's much much lighter than ceramic and unbreakable. I use VDH Deluxe soap, which melts wonderfully in the microwave. I melt a puck and pour a bit in the tin cup and let it cool. That travels very easily for me. If I have to pack before it dries out, I just pop it in a zip-lock. You wouldn't have to melt a soap, though. The little tin cup idea would work anyhow.
That sounds like a "camp cup"...good idea too...maybe one of those collapsible cups might work as well...the VDH soap melts well too...I read somewhere to melt it and you can 1. secure it better in the cup (no sliding around once it hardens) and 2. add your individualized fragrance with After Shave or Cologne. Be advised that Tabac shave soap DOES NOT melt in the microwave but VDH melts wonderfully. I have Bay Rum scented shave soap and Joop scented shave soap. Rich.
Do pay attention to the container size limits for carry on. TSA here canQuote:
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
be a pain for containers over the 3 oz or smaller size limitation.
TSA | Transportation Security Administration | 3-1-1 on Air Travel
It does not matter to them if it is half empty....
Also razors need to be checked with the exception of
plastic ones that cannot be disassembled. i.e. you must
check your str8 and also your DE blades.
I don't think a puck of solid soap is considered a liquid or gel is it? If not, it does not come under the container size limit.
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Something like this?
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Correct for now....Quote:
Originally Posted by LawsonStone
Fudge, soap and peanut butter will show up as suspect items because of the density.
That could cause you to visit another line.
Hi guys just had a thought whilst reading through these :idea:, if you have a small plastic mug that you like, try using an old pringles lid as a cap they work well for sealing off half a tin of beans etc when you put them in the fridge so might work ok :)
Stocky :)
I just pack up my shaving kit with everything I normally use at home. I have nice ceramic bowl, not to big, not to small. Normally I would only take one kind of soap. Put the wooden soap bowl in the Ceramic lather bowl with my brush in it's plastic holder on top. Doesn't take up that much space really. The Strop is the hard part when traveling. But I normally manage somehow.
Cheers!
Matthew
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I have a travel tin w/lid that I bought from classicshaving.com. I face lather anyways so this is perfect.
in my hair, i put CREW pomade. I finally finished my first container, just as I was getting into shaving soap. I put 1+1, and now i have a travel container.
I will probably later on my face when I travel. Now that I think about it, I'll lather in the hotel glasses by the sink as long as they are not the cheap plastic disposables.
BTW, a great tip on the topic of traveling for those who haven't found it is to use an old prescription bottle for your brush. Put holes in the cap for evaporation. I'm sure I found it in the "Brushes" forums.
I go with a 3" travel tin, perfect for travelling and also at home as I have way too many soaps in use!
