We are doing more traveling lately and have several extended trips planned as well as some shorter trips. I used to travel quite a bit for business and generally used a minimalist approach for the most part. I have decided not to go minimalist because I enjoy the variety of different products and see no reason not to continue that on the road. I have a few dedicated travel shaving brushes but I consider any brush a travel brush with the right vented container. My only rule is that I don't take any brush that can not be readily replaced.
This trip, which was fifteen days in duration, I took a Kent BK8, Vulfix travel brush in its case, Da Vinci travel brush and a rebuilt Made Rite 58 that I fitted with a TGN Super Silvertip knot. No real surprises with the BK8 that I used with cream, or the Vulfix because they performed as expected. The real surprise was the Da Vinci travel brush which, while I have used at home to break in, was on its maiden voyage. I only used it with shave sticks and this brush performed fabulously. I took La Toja, Irisch Moos and TOBS St. James sticks and this brush performed extremely well with all of them. Granted TOBS ST. James is such a great performer that I think you can get a great lather with a Q-tip but nonetheless the Da Vinci performed fabulously. Another great performer was the TGN knot. I used this brush when, because of time constraints, I knew that it would be put in its container with out being fully dried. It performed extremely well and came out of the trip with no adverse effects. As I gather more experience in putting together my brush rotation for future travel I think that I have found a few winners.
Regards,
Doug
This trip, which was fifteen days in duration, I took a Kent BK8, Vulfix travel brush in its case, Da Vinci travel brush and a rebuilt Made Rite 58 that I fitted with a TGN Super Silvertip knot. No real surprises with the BK8 that I used with cream, or the Vulfix because they performed as expected. The real surprise was the Da Vinci travel brush which, while I have used at home to break in, was on its maiden voyage. I only used it with shave sticks and this brush performed fabulously. I took La Toja, Irisch Moos and TOBS St. James sticks and this brush performed extremely well with all of them. Granted TOBS ST. James is such a great performer that I think you can get a great lather with a Q-tip but nonetheless the Da Vinci performed fabulously. Another great performer was the TGN knot. I used this brush when, because of time constraints, I knew that it would be put in its container with out being fully dried. It performed extremely well and came out of the trip with no adverse effects. As I gather more experience in putting together my brush rotation for future travel I think that I have found a few winners.
Regards,
Doug
