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Up until recently I simply rolled up my shaving brush in a washcloth and dropped it into my dopp kit when travelling. I know, that is pretty lame.
There are a ton of posts on B&B by do-it-yourselfers about getting a large pill container from your local drug store (by asking for a freebie) and drilling holes in it to use as a travel tube for your brush. There are a bunch of other inventive ideas folks have shared for travel brush containers. I scoured my house for suitable & inventive travel tubes to no avail.
Recently I was perusing through the West Coast Shaving web site and stumbled onto this travel tube for brushes by Muhle. I had never seen a travel tube like this before. I was enticed....
It was only five bucks and I was ordering stuff already. The choice was simple: Buy it!
This is a very useful travel brush container. It fits my Simpsons Chubby 1 and Tulip 2 very well by screwing the threads all the way down to minimize the size of the container. If you have a really long brush then you would need to take advantage of the variable size of this container. It's a pretty simple concept and it works well. There is an air hole to allow the brush to dry out but I generally try to make sure my brush is dry before placing in the tube or I remove it as soon as possible if it went into the tube damp.
If I could design it differently I would offer a shorter model to fit shorter brushes like my Chubby in a more compact case but still be able to dial it up for larger brushes by taking advantage of the adjustable threads.
In summary if you are still spending time questing for the ultimate home-made brush container for travel consider shelling out the five bucks to get this nice little shaving brush tube. Your time is worth more than five bucks.
There are a ton of posts on B&B by do-it-yourselfers about getting a large pill container from your local drug store (by asking for a freebie) and drilling holes in it to use as a travel tube for your brush. There are a bunch of other inventive ideas folks have shared for travel brush containers. I scoured my house for suitable & inventive travel tubes to no avail.
Recently I was perusing through the West Coast Shaving web site and stumbled onto this travel tube for brushes by Muhle. I had never seen a travel tube like this before. I was enticed....
It was only five bucks and I was ordering stuff already. The choice was simple: Buy it!
This is a very useful travel brush container. It fits my Simpsons Chubby 1 and Tulip 2 very well by screwing the threads all the way down to minimize the size of the container. If you have a really long brush then you would need to take advantage of the variable size of this container. It's a pretty simple concept and it works well. There is an air hole to allow the brush to dry out but I generally try to make sure my brush is dry before placing in the tube or I remove it as soon as possible if it went into the tube damp.
If I could design it differently I would offer a shorter model to fit shorter brushes like my Chubby in a more compact case but still be able to dial it up for larger brushes by taking advantage of the adjustable threads.
In summary if you are still spending time questing for the ultimate home-made brush container for travel consider shelling out the five bucks to get this nice little shaving brush tube. Your time is worth more than five bucks.