Thread: Travel kit - how do you do it?

Originally Posted by sbrouwers

I work out of town for 21 days at a time. On this trip I have brought with me!!!!
3 pucks of soap
3" red latigo strop
28mm silvertip
20mm best badger
1 tube of cream
2 dubl ducks
1 dovo
1 cmon
1 henckels
alum block
Bay rum after shave!!
GP scuttle
All my razors fit in a plastic case I travel with it just tucks in my bag
I wrapped my scuttle in a shirt and placed it in my bag!
The rest of my stuff fits in a shaving bag that I have.

I drive everywhere I go so I can hang my strop and see where my bags are at all time so it is easy for me to travel with so much equipment.

That and I have so much trouble deciding what to bring I just grab a bunch and go!!!

Change out the names on most of the razors, loose the 28mm and scuttle(forgot my 26mm and scuttle) and I took our last trip with about the same. We both work for the same company at the same time out of the same hotel room lol(Sbrouwers is my brother for those who don't know).
Between the 2 of us, we travel with way more razors and supplies then we need but that is half the fun. I would rather have way more than I need with me. When you are out of town for 3 weeks at a time, it is nice to have a lot to pick from.

So no one uses one of these:

Best Badger & Faux Ivory Travel Shave Brush by E. Jagger

?

Note, but one of these is on the "To Buy" list

Omega TurnBack Travel Brush

I guess I go for comfort over convenience. I take my hanging strop, soap, brush & razor anywhere I travel. I did get a carrying case for the razor from classicshaving.com and I have a small dollar store bowl w/lid.

Rich


“You ought never to take anything that don’t belong to you - if you can not carry it off” – Mark Twain

When I went away in the summer for 3 weeks I took:

A tube of palmolive cream (didn't use it)
A palmolive shave stick (used it a lot)
My brush
Dovo 'Best' razor
Shavette as a back up (didn't use it)
and a hanging strop.

I haven't traveled with my straight yet, but I did happen upon a great way to pack it. This is a plastic shipping sleeve that came with my Lamy fountain pen. I had to send away for a replacement cap and they sent it in this handy tube...


This works great since it is adjustable in length, a snug fit so the razor doesn't slide or flop around or have a chance to open unexpectedly,

Plus, its durable, nearly water-proof *it has a tiny air hole at one end* and made in Germany, what could be more appropriate for a Dovo?