Thread: Travel Kit?

I have a small Rowallan leather wash bag when i travel. I takes everything essential i need for 1-4 week travel, excluding my strop, which i keep on the bottom of my bag.
While traveling with a car or by flying, i can easily have everything i need with me. I'm sort of a minimalist what it comes to travel gear. When traveling with my motorcycle there's no much extra space at all, so i have to watch out very closely what to take with and what to buy there where i'm going (this part is difficult for my wife). I've always had the room enough to take my wash bag and strop.

In my wash bag i have:

- brush in a steel tube
- one straight razor in its own box (or DE with enough blades)
- shaving cream in a tube or soap in a small can (like the ones that Olivia sells)
- small bottle of aftershave
- tar soap in a small army soap box
- toothbrush and paste

I'm in the Navy and had this deployment coming up. I took up SR shaving a few months prior to this trip and the question at the back of my mind was always 'Should I take my Straights and all the gear or just revert back to my old neglected cartridge razor for the 3 months?'

I ended up going for the latter because of the limited space I have on the ship and the price difference in the equipment in case anything breaks. I am regretting minute of that decision. Almost as soon as i started on the old Mach 3 I was getting ingrown hars and razor rash again. My only saving grace was not being required to be clean shaven while we were at sea.

I'm about half way through the trip and have finally got my wife to go through my gear and post me a few things through the Defence mail.
I'm not too sure where i'm going to store it all yet because it's pretty humid in our washspace where im keeping my shave gear.

So in 2 weeks I should be expecting to see my
Simmons 5/8 Barber's Pet
Russian leather 18" strop
1200grit hone
and the latest GQ magazine

I've got another brush coming from Melbourne through e-bay.
I've already got a tube of cream and i'll just 'borrow' a mug from the mess to tie me over.

Definitely looking forward to having a proper shave again. I just have to be careful of rough weather...

Haven't had to fly anywhere yet - so haven't had to deal with that issue yet.

As for other travel:

Storage:
Smiggle zippable semi-hardshell pencil case

• Razor (can fit 3 but only need to take one)
• Styptic pencil
• Barber hone (if I really want to)
• Small mirror (haven't put one in yet - but there is room)

Plastic box
-for my shaving brush

Other:

• Shaving cream - in its own container
• Handkerchief for cleaning cloth - dries quickly
• Strop - regular strop, stored somewhere flat

All the best,
Michael

I'm on my first trip since I picked up SR shaving. It's a two week trip to Wisconsin, and I flew (but checked my baggage).

I packed two SRs in their boxes. I chose a 5/8 Case barber's notch (not my favorite but figured if it gets lost/damaged I'll survive) and a 5/8 Rex Eskilstuna. For Lather I packed a tube of Penhaligon's BB and a Proraso Soap. I bought a SRD modular strop for travel use (great option with the ability to pack the diamond sprayed wool felt and the scrub leather option as well to replace the linen) and brought a small barber's hone just in case. My witchhazel, ASB, and glycerin all went into small PTFE travel bottles...

So far, so good. My only regret is I miss the variety I have at home!

I do not have a travel kit per se. For extended travel, I pack my regular strop, several of my shaving soaps and all of my aftershaves. The soaps and aftershaves are all in screw lid containers so I just tighten them down to prevent leaking. I always carry all six of my razors in their regular case. I put the shaving brush and stand in a ziplock back along with my toothbrush, toothpaste a travel bottle of witch hazel and a travel bottle of cleansing oil.

What i have been using is the following:

1) Razor..duh. Usually something i wont be heartbroken about if something happens.
2) Brush, my el cheapo tweezerman
3) Shave stick
4) Aftershave Splash/Balm - i fill some small 3oz containers
5) Strop. I have a vintage Juchten Streichriemen paddle strop. One side leather, other side balsa with CrO

When I travel, I prefer a DE. No strop, no stones, less care required. I can shave with water only, too, so all i need is some balm or splash (and I don't even need that.

Though I have only started straights, I do travel with a kit once a weekend usually, either camping or to my partners sisters home in the country.

I carry in one little bag.

Metal mirror
6 identical 30ml tubs
1) Shampoo
2) Conditioner
3) Facial scrub
4) Facial moisturiser with tea tree and witch hazel
5) Shower gel
6) changes
Shaving stick in container same size as tubs
Brush in the bottom cut off, of a tub slightly larger than other tubs

Sisal scrubbing matt.
Two Mach 3 blades placed between tubs.
Toothbrush cut down
Sometimes the handle for the mach, usually not these days, If I use the mach blade at all now it's for chin touch ups...

One still in bad condition straight which shaves well enough so far.

Seperately I carry a strop on my pack anytime I go out with my camp knife...

The bag is about 9 inches long, 3.5 inches wide and 1.5 inches thick.

I can use smaller bottles and kit bringing the size down again, but this lot is enough for a week with showers and hair every other day.

Hi,

My travel kit consists of:

1) Dovo EnVogue stainless razor
2) Double sided paddle strop, one side with CrOx, the other plain latigo
3) Gillette #88 DE + blades
4) Tube of Musgo Real shaving cream
5) Vulfix nylon shaving brush
6) 100 mL Plastic bottle of distilled witch hazel.
7) 25 mL glass bottle containing Musgo Real after-shave or DR Harris Sandalwood aftershave.

Apart from the strop, all this fits into a small wash-bag.

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ