Shaving Travel Tin - DIY Altoids Style 

Okay, it is 8 years from the original post. I just stopped by to let you know that I admire the design of this case (in particular, the blades bank!). Now I'm working on a blueprint for my own razor travel case inspired by your piece of design. Thanks for sharing the idea and its implementation!

Wow! I am beyond blown away. Mini brush, Alum block, Mirror, Blade Bank! Talk about getting the most in a small package. Very creative and ingenious! I am honored to be partially responsible for this. I really liked this video. Great job!

I've made a lot of things out of Altoid tins I thought were clever, even a travel shaving kit. Never have I made anything to this level, absolutely blown away with all the thought and detail. I submit, crying 'uncle', you win! Thanks for sharing this!

I can't get over how cool this is

Very cool Kit Joe, I will be making me one these for sure!!

Brilliant! Great design and super functional!

Human's ingenuity at work. A super video demonstrating what is possible.....everything is!

For a true military flavour use brushed polished steel as your mirror. Soldiers weren't allowed glass in the field as glass will shatter if there's an explosion nearby, where as you can simply bend steel back into shape!

Man, when you popped open the lid, I laughed. Very nicely done here, one of the neatest DIY projects I've ever seen.

Wow! I was just thinking about this the other day - saw it on FB and here it is! Great tutorial and neat idea with the shaving soap!

Utterly awesome and ingenious.

Very creative and convenient! I love stuff like this.

Thumbs up for the blade-bank part. Mirror too. ;)

This looks perfect for a gillette travel razor.

I like the two versions, sleek and deluxe. Nice video, Joe!

Cool idea man. Like this.

wow! this kit is so cool and you literally thought of everything, i love the little vials you can put aftershave in. its just a superb little kit you got right there, you can just shave anywhere and you have everything in your pocket! great job and i reckon you could possibly make money off little kits like that. cheers for a great video!

Brilliant!

Awesome!

That's a fantastic idea to work on with your son love it

This is pretty doggoned cool!

James Bond has nothing over you Joe. It's Bond.... Joe Bond!!! Lol.. GREAT JOB!

Very smart epically for these times...

Very cool!

Yes....having just gone to `old world shaving` this is cool....thank you for info.

Well done, sir!

Great kit man, I'd buy it :-)

Cool!

Great idea! Got me inspired to build my own version. But I will make a bigger one for regular travel. Love the old Gillette travel shaving kits from the 30's. Got everything except the container and my choice of razor. I use a 1962 L1 Gillette Slim or a Fatip Grande razor on a daily basis. The Fatip is a aggressive razor, muh more so then even the Slim on setting 9. I get a better shave with the Fatip but if I use it too many days in a row I get razor burn. Which Is why I still use the Slim a couple times a week. As I want to limit the kit to one razor I might just get a medium aggresive razor like the Merkur Slant for the kit. I would love to use a vintage razor in the kit so a 1950's Red tip Super Speed might fit the bill as well. For the brush I have the Omega Bigger Bambino. Great little boar brush, fits inside one of the small perscription bottles perfectly.

Cool idea.

very nice little kit, GI's in 40's used canvas shaving kits. but they did have a lot of the same stuff as your kit. Great idea with the brush and the mirror, the Blade bank idea was brilliant though!

Man this is amazing! They don't make neat things like this anymore.

That is definitely very cool. You should probably market and patent that.

EXCELLENT KIT!!! Just how did you form and shape the sponge or foam padding?

Amazing!!!!! You are incredible, tryed the blade of a razor if pass security check?

Ingenious

OMG!!! I love this! How much do you charge for a deluxe kit?

Very cool idea! Have thought about melting shave soap into an empty chapstick tube? Its easy to dispense and hold onto while applying the soap. Specik soap for example.

Nice ~ thanks for sharing

Fantastic

Nice!

That's really cool, being a wet shaver you could take it anywhere. I could take it hammock camping and prop it on my tree table and shave away.. Thanks Bud..

Very clever. I'm thinking that one could alter the hanging hook to be able to double as a prop leg for table-top (flat rock top) use. Brilliant shave stick slices. That chip brush is probably horsehair. Does it shed?

What does the blade bank catch look like inside ?

I really want to make something similar. Could you do a video showing the blade bank and how you get the blades to stay in without rattling, cause I'd like to know.

Bigelow parkin folding travel safety razor would go well in that kit.

That's a great idea. Where did you get the vials from?

Do you have an image of how you did the aluminum from the inside that holds the blades down? That was genius.

Could you please tell me where I could find a similar tin and the foam? I'd very much appreciate it. Great work! It looks awesome

Love this. Does the tin you used have a specific name/size? I'm hoping to pick one up off ebay or amazon to try this myself. Thanks

Where did you get the first extremely tiny lather brush? The one you said you could not fit in it?

That would be dope to see this made for a straight It would probably be hard But it would be cool

Can we buy one?

Did you use regular sanding paper to remove the altoid paint?

Just curious what are your thoughts on the King R. Emporium soap?

how about putting a thread on the brust for the razor handle?

Can you make Al larger version about 6" by 4"

could even put shave oil in one of those little vials.

It's pretty good you should have a how to

Your video is posted to Reddit's Wicked_edge for everyone too see. Congrats

Where did you get the small, thin mirror?

what kind of foam did you use for the insert?

so well

where did you get the foam insert?

Can I have this shave tin lol for real this is awesome

Can you make something similar but for a straight razor please

maybe you should keep your beard when you went into the desert cuz the beard will block the intense UV and protect your skin

Looks like an eCig vape kit :-D

awesome 1940"s back alive in the 21 century..

You could sell this. Seriously

No shave no like.

Cool !