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Inexpensive DE razors for travel
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Echo here…..If you’re a collector, you have plenty of razors that just don’t have enough monetary value to induce an ulcer if lost.
Just don’t take that black handle tech with with the golden base plate and shiny copper top cap that you treat like a good luck charm.
And like stated above, an L5 for $8 is a fantastic option and you’ll get a kick out of owning and using it.
Just don’t take that black handle tech with with the golden base plate and shiny copper top cap that you treat like a good luck charm.
And like stated above, an L5 for $8 is a fantastic option and you’ll get a kick out of owning and using it.
There you go ….problem solved. You’ll get a great shave, and if it disappears you won’t need any Maalox.
You might better not start your first shave with the OC plate using a Shark though, Guido
I think you might have a point thereYou might better not start your first shave with the OC plate using a Shark though, Guido
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and then again, I did wonder what the fuzz was about last summer, because my Shark blade lasted 11 shaves if I remember correctly!I believe I settled for the Super Chrome, the Platinum was dull and the Super Stainless rough. 4 shaves are enough for me with this blade.I think you might have a point there
That was my blade indeed!
My checked luggage travel razor is an ATT Windsor, which I would be quite unhappy to lose, but my impression is that never getting a checked bag back is rare - 0.7%. But I readily admit I don't like cheap stuff, so there's that.
If I were to try and go cheap I'd seriously consider a user grade Gillette Slim (no longer pretty, but a good shaver). Personally, with carry on I like Bic Metal disposable razors. Single blade and quite a nice shave.
If I were to try and go cheap I'd seriously consider a user grade Gillette Slim (no longer pretty, but a good shaver). Personally, with carry on I like Bic Metal disposable razors. Single blade and quite a nice shave.
Heading on a Caribbean cruise myself in a couple of weeks. We are leaving on the 19th of March, 7-night. I'm taking my Razorock Tech II, very affordable and some Derby's. You have a great time on your cruise!
-Boris
You too, brother!
That Lord L122C is a beast! It has nothing in common with an open comb Tech. You've been warned!
And positive blade exposure too if I see correctly.
Yes, but not much. Exposure depends on how much you tighten. The problem is you tighten too much and you get a smiling blade. The plastic is not very hard.
I picked up a Gillette Red Tip a number of years ago. It cost less than $10 and is a perfect travel razor. It lost most of the red paint and is not the best-looking razor - but it shaves great.
My travel razor depends on the type of travel.
Plane: Schick Hydro 5
Car: King C Gillette with Weber handle
Plane: Schick Hydro 5
Car: King C Gillette with Weber handle
ylekot
On the lookout for a purse
This is my solution as well.
For airplane travel, I pack one DE, with a non-DE backup: my lovely Rockwell 6s and then my Gillette Sensor with two-blade cartridges. For non-airplane travel, I pack the same unless I am driving. Then I just take my Karve CB B-plate and relearn all over again why I love it. Perhaps this may not be "inexpensive" per the OP. In that case, I would choose the Rockwell 6C (which I gave to my son).
With the way things are at the moment, I wouldn't even fly with a $6 drugstore DE razor. You are ignoring the policy changes at your own personal risk and, I just don't get why you want to "give away your son's gifted razor" to a TSA bucket of random possessions.
Fatip piccolo all the way!
Piccolo means "small", i.e. excellent for travel. Solid being all brass, i.e. no special care and very cheap...and of course great shaves
Piccolo means "small", i.e. excellent for travel. Solid being all brass, i.e. no special care and very cheap...and of course great shaves
