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    I am not sure where to post this so forgive me if I am in the wrong area. I done some some searching and come up empty. So here I go. I spend much of my time on the road, several days a week usually. I am wondering about a razor just for traveling. Do those of you who travel carry a straight, strop and all the trimmings or do you go with a shavette or DE
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    My road trip/checked bag/leave on location system is a Feather DX folding.
    Before I picked up the DX it was the SS (folding and fixe) and I started with the CJB 101 - Korean clone of the Feather RG - a low cost way to try this out BTW.

    Razor and a pack of blades take up as much room as a toothbrush case and a pack of gum.

    Smooth shaving...safe travels.
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    I travel with a straight. If it's less than a few weeks then I take a straight, a travel strop (thin kangaroo hide that rolls up in a tube) along with a tube of cream and a travel brush (head screws into the handle). If I'm travelling longer then I'll also take a travel sided coticule bout to keep the edge on the straight going for longer.
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    Gentlemen,
    For long trips, I take an INOX straight, barber hone, travel strop, travel brush and travel soap, plus the rest of the paraphernalia, with the Feather AC DX for backup. For shorter trips, I just take the Feather AC DX with a Merkur Progress DE for backup.
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    If I travel by car I take a Muhle R41 DE/spare blades, a synthetic shave brush and the usual as/edt and a balm. By air I had been using a few cheap disposable twin blade razors instead of a DE but will in the future take the Muhle taken down to 3 pieces and pack the DE blades in my checked bag. Just too lazy to put up with all the extra hassle of using a straight for travel.

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    Just one straight from rotation at home, a wide latigo belt for a strop (also for holding up pants), and cold water. For long trips over a week add a travel brush, a tube of Taylor of Bond street sandalwood shave cream, a stainless steel Coleman coffee mug, and a Swaty 3 line hone. No fuss , no muss, no bother. You can also heat water in the mug for those who can"t live without the warm lather feeling.
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    Looks like I have a little more equipment to research. Thanks
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    As it is going to have be an emergency to get me on a commercial fight again, I drive. If I need to fly, I'll rent a plane and fly myself.

    I carry a couple of straights, a strop, soap, towel, and a brush. I'm rarely gone from home over a week any more and then only a couple of times a year.

    I stopped at a Petro truck stop and shaved one day. Should have heard the comments from some of the "bad ass" trucker types wearing their wife beater shirts, baggy shorts, and flip flops..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wullie View Post
    ...snip...
    I stopped at a Petro truck stop and shaved one day. Should have heard the comments from some of the "bad ass" trucker types wearing their wife beater shirts, baggy shorts, and flip flops..
    You are not the only one to have those comments..........FUN!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wullie View Post
    I carry a couple of straights, a strop, soap, towel, and a brush. I'm rarely gone from home over a week any more and then only a couple of times a year.

    I stopped at a Petro truck stop and shaved one day. Should have heard the comments from some of the "bad ass" trucker types wearing their wife beater shirts, baggy shorts, and flip flops..
    Yes we truckers are a ragged group of vagabonds but it's a living
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