Thread: Travel Shaving

I take a Friodur and one of the little Streich-Riemen paddles with chrome oxide on one side. Sometimes a barber hone just in case.

I tried to shave for a three-day trip this past weekend with just a razor, strop, and Cremo (brushless) cream. The razor and strop did fine, but I hated the Cremo for two reasons. First, it's sticky/filmy and seems not to allow the blade to get in for a really close shave. Second, it's not quite opaque enough to cover well, which made it hard to tell where I'd shaved; I was left with a couple bristly spots both days.

One thing to be careful of shaving in a strange bathroom is leaning in too close to the mirror. I almost found this out the hard way when the scales of my razor hit the glass. The blade just bit, but no blood- lucky

Jordan

Speaking of travelling with the brush, has anyone found a good way to package the normal brushes in a good way, when there is not enough time to dry them. I was using a rectangular plastic soap dish with some holes poked in the top and bottom. Anyone have any other suggestions?

A travel brush really is the best option I would say - they are inexpensive (mine was €24) and is designed specfically to be banged and knocked about in a bag. Whilst it may not be the nicest bristles in the whole world, we are travelling here after all - might have to slum it for a few days

@SteveS - I forgot to mention that I test shaved with my travel kit a couple of times before setting off, precisely to avoid problems like that. I actually found my travel soap to be possibly better then some of my others as a result of that experiemnt.

Cheers

Si

I may get a Inox just for traveling, I'm mentally allergice to stainless so this could get interesting. What about sliding the brush inside a paper roll to help wick away moisture? I'm looking into the travel strop with a box in it from TM, I'll look at the TI one as well as a comparison. I also put everything in zipper top bags, had my wifes shampoo all over everything the first day of moving. Don't need that again...

TM=Tony Miller right? Travel strop with box??? Where??? All I can find are the normal travel strops - none with the nice compartment liek the TI one - which I consider overpriced...

Can you link it me?

Si

Originally Posted by jimmyman

Speaking of travelling with the brush, has anyone found a good way to package the normal brushes in a good way, when there is not enough time to dry them.

Toilet paper tube. Tape some paper over one end to seal it off, and crimp the other end to hold the brush in place.

You can also make a carrier out of PVC, but it doesn't absorb moisture so the brush would need drying first. If you're in a hotel room you can use the hair dryer, just keep the temperature low so your brush doesn't develop split ends.

Originally Posted by jimmyman

Speaking of travelling with the brush, has anyone found a good way to package the normal brushes in a good way, when there is not enough time to dry them. I was using a rectangular plastic soap dish with some holes poked in the top and bottom. Anyone have any other suggestions?

Go to your local pharmacist (take your brush with you), and ask for the largest plastic pill container they have (mine are orange plastic)- I'm sure that you'll find one that fits your brush nicely....take it home and drill some holes in the bottom (below where the bristles sit) and in the lid to allow air circulation.

-whatever

-Lou

Originally Posted by Sunsi

@SteveS - I forgot to mention that I test shaved with my travel kit a couple of times before setting off, precisely to avoid problems like that.

Good point. But this was a motorcycle trip with a bunch of men, so I wasn't that worried about getting perfect shaves. In the future, I'm taking the critical elements of my full kit, however . . .