I fly a lot on 2-3-4 day trips and rarely check luggage. As everyone knows by know, TSA doesn't allow DE blades in carry-on luggage. Also, traveling w/o checked luggage means carrying the minimum. So let's hear and see some suggestions and experiences.
I sometimes break down and take my Gillette Fusion, but lately I've been mailing blades to the hotel or more commonly putting the envelope in with binders that my assistant sends ahead of me to wherever I'm going. If I mail, I just send it to me at hotel, say "guest arriving x/y/z" on the line below my name or in the corner of the envelope. It's always been at the front desk when I've checked in. I've also noted that DE blades are sometimes available at the hotel's lobby shop, but haven't bought any yet. I don't often have time to go to a drugstore, but my impression is that 80% of drugstores will have at least one brand of DE blades, although I'm guessing you need to buy at least five. Then at the end of my trip, I toss the blade (wrapping it first - B&B has several threads on this). I often get to scoot through the TSA pre approved line, and I'm sure I could sneak a DE blade through when doing that, but I don't want to worry about the potential hassle if caught.
I've found that TSA will stop you and go through your bag looking for razors if they spot an assembled safety razor on their screen. So I now actually disassembly my DE (typically ATT S1 or ATT S2) and put it in my briefcase where the handle sits with pens, laser pointers, travel flashlights and such and the other two pieces are in with all my various clips, rechargers, earphones, batteries, DC plugs, reading glasses, and such -- have never had TSA take any notice it in that format.
As far as efficiency goes, my recent trip is the following: 3-1-1 bag items on the right; toilet kit items for the carry-on bag on the left.
Toilet bag: ATT S2 in case (but usually, I separate it and just put it in briefcase with pieces wrapped in a static cloth; alum bar (also used for deodorant); Puck of Haslinger (lather it right in the little plastic soap container that snaps shut when done); Muhle Synthetic v 2.0 kept in plastic pill container without the lid - for drying; blue hair scrubber doubles as comb.
3-1-1 bag: Cade after-shave balm (I have several and will probably not take any once they are done), the blue pump jar is my from my own home cocktail of oils for both pre shave and post shave and moisturizing (Shea Butter Oil, Aragon oil, Almond Oil, Emu oil, lanolin oil, Borage seed oil, Grape Seed oil, Glycerin, etc.), Thayers non alcoholic witch hazel (in the clear 2 oz); The little 0.5 oz container is Puple Emu sunscreen if needed; Styptic if needed (this one is the heavy duty roll-on type applicator), Issey Miyake Cologne in the 2.5 oz (or sometimes I leave this behind).
Let's hear the latest suggestions and experiences
I sometimes break down and take my Gillette Fusion, but lately I've been mailing blades to the hotel or more commonly putting the envelope in with binders that my assistant sends ahead of me to wherever I'm going. If I mail, I just send it to me at hotel, say "guest arriving x/y/z" on the line below my name or in the corner of the envelope. It's always been at the front desk when I've checked in. I've also noted that DE blades are sometimes available at the hotel's lobby shop, but haven't bought any yet. I don't often have time to go to a drugstore, but my impression is that 80% of drugstores will have at least one brand of DE blades, although I'm guessing you need to buy at least five. Then at the end of my trip, I toss the blade (wrapping it first - B&B has several threads on this). I often get to scoot through the TSA pre approved line, and I'm sure I could sneak a DE blade through when doing that, but I don't want to worry about the potential hassle if caught.
I've found that TSA will stop you and go through your bag looking for razors if they spot an assembled safety razor on their screen. So I now actually disassembly my DE (typically ATT S1 or ATT S2) and put it in my briefcase where the handle sits with pens, laser pointers, travel flashlights and such and the other two pieces are in with all my various clips, rechargers, earphones, batteries, DC plugs, reading glasses, and such -- have never had TSA take any notice it in that format.
As far as efficiency goes, my recent trip is the following: 3-1-1 bag items on the right; toilet kit items for the carry-on bag on the left.
Toilet bag: ATT S2 in case (but usually, I separate it and just put it in briefcase with pieces wrapped in a static cloth; alum bar (also used for deodorant); Puck of Haslinger (lather it right in the little plastic soap container that snaps shut when done); Muhle Synthetic v 2.0 kept in plastic pill container without the lid - for drying; blue hair scrubber doubles as comb.
3-1-1 bag: Cade after-shave balm (I have several and will probably not take any once they are done), the blue pump jar is my from my own home cocktail of oils for both pre shave and post shave and moisturizing (Shea Butter Oil, Aragon oil, Almond Oil, Emu oil, lanolin oil, Borage seed oil, Grape Seed oil, Glycerin, etc.), Thayers non alcoholic witch hazel (in the clear 2 oz); The little 0.5 oz container is Puple Emu sunscreen if needed; Styptic if needed (this one is the heavy duty roll-on type applicator), Issey Miyake Cologne in the 2.5 oz (or sometimes I leave this behind).
Let's hear the latest suggestions and experiences