Parker vs Merkur (Travel)
I have a question for any and all that travel quite a bit. My father gave me a straight razor for Christmas and after a few attempts I decided to really take up the hobby. After about a month of unsuccessfully shaving and being unable to get the stropping process down I decided to try a shavette and I have loved it. I still use the straight razor at times and have a goal of crafting the skill but I'm nervous about screwing up the edge but all that is for a different forum.
My question is that I travel a lot for my job from August-May and last year I did not take my shavette with me on trips, I simply used what was left of my cartridge razor. I'd like to be able to take something along with me but not sure it feasible to do that so I've been looking a travel sized safety razors. I've narrowed it down to two, the Parker A1R 4 piece razor or the Merkur travel safety razor and I was just curious if anyone has used either or both and what you thought. My shavette is a Parker so I'm little biased toward them but I've heard nothing but wonderful things about Merkur. (Also if you have any input on the travel shave brushes both make I'd love to hear that too)
Thanks for any input you have.