I've been wet shaving for a while but didn't discover this community till recently. I fly a lot for work so I pretty much live half my life on the road so I've adapted a bit with my DE shaving routine and have perfected it for the road. I take a lot of short flights in the US so I live off of cary on bags, I pretty much never check a bag in. As such, I always have to buy blades where ever I land since one day I could be in NYC and the next in the middle of Wyoming. Where am I able to consistently buy good cheap blades? For now I have been sticking to the generic Walgreens blades. They are cheap, I can find them in almost every city, they aren't in difficult to find places, they work pretty damn well for what they are, and I can pick them up at 2 am driving to the hotel from the airport. There is just two draw backs, first they are expensive for the quality razor blade they are and second I don't need 10 blades, at most 2-3. Any of you travelers have similar experiences? What blades have you found to be cheap, good and hopefully comes in a 5 pack? I know its silly but I always feel really guilty throwing away so many unused blades for no reason.
As for my set up, I use an Edwing Jagger DE89 because they are cheap and work awesome. I have had them confiscated, lost, forgotten, stolen you name it, its easy to replace and amazon ships it to where ever I will be next day for an extra 4 dollars. I use the CO bigalow travel size because its small and compact and 90% of the time I'm in close driving distance to a bath and bodyworks. I use a cheapo tweezerman brush for the same reason as the DE89 and a bed bath and beyond ramekin cause is $1.50 and I can find their stores in every city. Finally I use NIVEA aftershave cause its small, cheap, easy to find (the NIVEA is actually 3.3 oz not 3 but I've only had 1 TSA agent ***** me out and make me throw it away). Now the only part left to perfect is the razor.
BTW for all you non-travelers out there here is a great tip for going through security, have your DE in the same clear plastic bag as your liquids taken apart, it saves a huge hassle going through x-ray. I've only been stopped maybe 10 times (not much for the amount I travel) to check my DE and its so much easier when its already out of your bag and they can see it. Half the time they don't even bother having me take it out of the plastic bag. They'll give you a whole talk on how you should just use the bag for liquids and stuff but honestly none of the TSA guys really care.
As for my set up, I use an Edwing Jagger DE89 because they are cheap and work awesome. I have had them confiscated, lost, forgotten, stolen you name it, its easy to replace and amazon ships it to where ever I will be next day for an extra 4 dollars. I use the CO bigalow travel size because its small and compact and 90% of the time I'm in close driving distance to a bath and bodyworks. I use a cheapo tweezerman brush for the same reason as the DE89 and a bed bath and beyond ramekin cause is $1.50 and I can find their stores in every city. Finally I use NIVEA aftershave cause its small, cheap, easy to find (the NIVEA is actually 3.3 oz not 3 but I've only had 1 TSA agent ***** me out and make me throw it away). Now the only part left to perfect is the razor.
BTW for all you non-travelers out there here is a great tip for going through security, have your DE in the same clear plastic bag as your liquids taken apart, it saves a huge hassle going through x-ray. I've only been stopped maybe 10 times (not much for the amount I travel) to check my DE and its so much easier when its already out of your bag and they can see it. Half the time they don't even bother having me take it out of the plastic bag. They'll give you a whole talk on how you should just use the bag for liquids and stuff but honestly none of the TSA guys really care.
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