Quote Originally Posted by The Topher View Post
If you don't use a brush and some decent soap or cream then you are robbing yourself of a good portion of the ritual that makes this routine chore into a celebration of being a man.
I agree with The Topher! I've used a straight razor for almost a year now, but I've not been away from home for more than a night at a time during the last year. And I've used a brush and shaving soap for almost 20 years and never have traveled with a brush. When I've been away in the past, I use the stuff in the can to make things simple. Not sure what I will do the first time I am away for any length of time now, but it's likely to be what you are proposing.

So I can understand not wanting to travel with a brush, but at home you are indeed losing part of the charm of straight razor shaving. Not to say your shave will be worse, but part of the ritual and fun, as others have said, revolve around swirling a brush in a mug filled with good shaving soap or cream. Warning, though--you may like it enough to get hooked and start traveling with it!

Dan