Leather designs you just can't find.......

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Munson on November 16, 2009 at 12:55pm

Since we've recently been talking about shaving a lot on Art of Manliness, I've always wanted to see a rugged, cool leather Dopp kit. Something you'd see a gold miner or a mountain man using to hold his straight razor and badger hair brush back in the 1800s.

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Permalink Reply by D. Geary on November 16, 2009 at 10:06pm

I agree! B&B just gave a pretty cool one away as part of their Carnival of Smiles contest. Alas, not leather however...

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Mangogna on November 17, 2009 at 2:26pm

That is impressive; who makes it? Are there others out there that are similar? I'd like to get my mitts on one. Thank you for sharing

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Permalink Reply by D. Geary on November 17, 2009 at 4:18pm

Colonial Littleton, its pricey though ... I bet there are companies that make similar/less expensive ones.

http://www.colonellittleton.com/?p=products&f=prod&cat=33&a...

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Munson on November 17, 2009 at 2:54pm

That is very nice. Joel from Badger and Blade really hit this year's Carnival of Smiles out of the park, don't you think?

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Permalink Reply by D. Geary on November 17, 2009 at 4:21pm

Definitely. I'm still crossing my fingers for the Saddleback...

Its an awesome charity too. I would have never known about it if it wasn't for B&B

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Permalink Reply by Craig Wheeler on November 24, 2009 at 1:23am

You read my mind Jonathan. I've been looking for a solid leather Dopp kit for quite awhile. Right now the only thing I could find that came close was a leather/canvas one from Fossil. I've seen the Col Littleton ones, but I'm not a big fan of buttons and zippers (guess it's SBL's fault ha ha). This summer, since fire season was slow, I grabbed a couple chunks of leather and whipped up some leather cases for my straight edge razor and my DE razor oh, and a watchband. (yeah it was a slooooow season)

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Permalink Reply by D. Geary on November 24, 2009 at 7:44am

I think we'd all love to see pictures of that!

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Permalink Reply by Mark D. Hoffman on November 24, 2009 at 10:33am

I searched pretty hard for a decent leather dopp kit to give as wedding presents for a couple of my best friends a few months ago. I have the Fossil leather and canvas one mentioned in the previous post and really like the way it looks. Unfortunately, I can't find it anywhere anymore and it isn't really that rugged. The zippers snag and the mesh pocket came completely off of mine without me ever using it. I ended up settling with making them shaving brushes and putting together some nice shave supplies.

If anyone knows where to get a hold on another of the Fossil bags, I would love to know. I remember that the price was good and have a feeling I just had bad luck with mine.
Here is an image of the Fossil one. Mine is green canvas instead of the blue.

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Permalink Reply by Craig Wheeler on November 25, 2009 at 7:40am

For those interested here is what I was talking about:

My clearance Fossil Dopp Kit:

Handmade Razor Cases:

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Munson on December 3, 2009 at 4:12pm

Damn Craig, I'm loving the leather holders you made. Great idea! A Saddleback Dopp Kit, with holders inside for a straight blade or razor. What do you think?

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Permalink Reply by Mark D. Hoffman on December 3, 2009 at 4:50pm

Saddleback definitely needs to make a Dopp Kit.

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