DE for Straight shaver for use whilst travelling?
Many of you may know me a long-time straight shaver. I've been doing this since winter 2005. First with a shavette, then a DE and eventually settled with a 'proper' straight 6 months after getting in to this whole thing.
I'm soon to be going abroad for a couple of weeks. I have a hand-held strop by Trumper and can't be bothered to take it with me: it's not the best thing to use and it tends to dull my razors.
So I was wondering if you guys can recommend a good, affordable DE razor to get my hands on and take with me. Not particularly looking for one that can be taken apart and put in a leather case. Just something sturdy that delivers a close shave that I can use whilst travelling.
I've had a look at my favourite (UK) stores and can see that Parker razors are some of the cheaper ones, with butterfly mechanism types around £20 (87R model). I previously had a Merkur which was the non-butterfly opening type. It was OK but sometimes difficult to change blades. On further digging, I've found the 34C is the most popular DE out there.
What are your thoughts?
Can you suggest a DE whilst living out of a suitcase? If so, which one?
Or am I being silly and should I just take a hanging strop and a straight with me instead?
Appreciate all your suggestions!