Thread: Normal to have a Shavette only as a travel razor?

Hello all. I do a lot of traveling back and forth to and from my girlfriends house and mine. My bathroom is hooked right up for a straight shave. Scuttle, brush stand, all my gear, oil etc.. The bathroom at her house is not. Anyways the back story is. It was Christmas time and I was very busy and I ended up not being able to shave for 5 days. 5 days of pure itchy bearded agony. 5 days of being out of town and not wanting to use a disposable cartridge razor. I gave up using them 6 or 7 months ago and I wasn't planning on going back. I wished I had a shavette so I didn't have to bring my strop and other things that would weigh a dopp bag down. Anyways today after 5 days of scratching non-stop I had a beautiful hot lather straight shave. I love shaving with a straight. It has become a great healthy passion for me after I quit smoking. For travel purposes I just bought and haven't received yet a MD Dragon travel razor off of amazon.ca. I already have razor blades as my brother tried a DE a while back and then gave it up so finders keepers for me I guess. I am not turning my back on the straight razor as I just bought my third hone... (think its getting out of hand) I just want to know if it's normal to have a shavette type razor for traveling as maybe I'll find out it will make life on the road easier? Then I can save those beautiful straight shaves for when I'm at my house, in the shave cave. How many of you use a shavette type razor for travel?

I keep a cheep VDH brush,soap and DE razor for travel.That way if anything gets lost or broken I've lost maybe $40.00.Oh and pre soaked witchhazel pads for aftershave!

My travel razor system now is a Feather DX.
For a long time it was the Feather RG clone, the Korean CJB 101.
With any of them the kit is about the size of a toothbrush holder.
There is a learning curve (less pressure being the #1 thing to think about) but they provide excellent results.
Check out the section in the Forum for them.

Smooth Shaving...

I use a DE for travel and to mix it up a bit when at home. Never really considered a shavette just too familiar with a DE I suppose. Either will do the trick though, enjoy yours.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

I use a DE for travel and to mix it up a bit when at home. Never really considered a shavette just too familiar with a DE I suppose. Either will do the trick though, enjoy yours.

Bob

Similar here.

I just don't like shavettes and take rather my Feather AC DX or DE razor with me on trips.



B.

Feather RG for travel. Closest thing to a straight I can get and doesn't take anymore room in the bag as a cartridge razor and blades. Tc

I used a Parker shavette or Turkish sedif for years. As my travel razors. Work well and easily replaced