In all my travels, I’ve learned that it’s nice to carry a good dopp kit. I have an older model Ralph Lauren that is on it’s last legs. It is canvas, and I think I’ll go the same route next time as they are easier to clean. They make anything you need ‘travel size’ now, so for me, there isn’t much need for a hanging dopp kit. As a man, you really shouldn’t need much more room for your personals than what fits in a dopp kit.
I prefer these:
1. J. Crew Abingdon Dopp Kit
2. Jack Spade Trad Canvas Bag
3. BILLYKIRK Buckled Dopp Kit
4. Filson Travel Kit
5. Jack Spade Mill Leather Dopp Kit
6. Southern Marsh Dopp Kit
7. Jack Spade Box Dopp Kit
What do you think? Am I missing any?
There’s always the personalized Dopp kit you get as a groomsman’s gift. Best groomsnan’s gift I’ve gotten.
Brooks Brothers has great ones!
LL Bean’s is tough to beat
Filson, Orvis and LL. Bean Signature all have some pretty attractive options. JRS, have a good new year bud.
Good choices, all of them. Many a Texan has the monogrammed El Kineno from the King Ranch. Good kit and lasts forever, like their billfolds. Keep up the good work, JRS.
http://www.krsaddleshop.com/el-kineno—small/p/11630/
I have a pretty old one from LL Bean I got from my father. It’s a dark forest green.
That Stonewall olive color from Southern Marsh is beautiful…and for $49 seems to be a pretty good deal as long as it would hold up. I would love to get a new dopp kit sometime, but I still have one from Fossil that I bought about 4 years ago or so that is holding up wonderfully.
Picked up a new dopp kit this year from Blue Claw Co. A little disappointed that it only came in black, but the leather ends are a great accent. Size is great too, as it fits the essentials, but isn’t oversized.
A few nice ones here: http://www.valetmag.com/personal-shopper/shop-talk/2011/dopp-kit-spectrum-112911.php
Great assortment of DOPP Kit choices and timely as I’m in the market for one. I wouldn’t presume to dictate content for RCS, but I think a great follow-up posting to this would be the choice of men’s items that RCS recos for DOPP kits. It’d make for an interesting read!
http://www.jwhulmeco.com/dopp-kits-travel-kits-s/132.htm
I like #5, but I doubt that I would care for the price. Good stuff.
I just wrote a post on mine about this stuff and I find it a little hard to believe that anyone who actually travels a great deal actually uses these monstrosities. Check out a few of my strategies for packing…a little lighter.
http://boysgirlsmtns.blogspot.com/2011/12/bgm-no-horseshit-guide-to-packing-light.html
Amazing.. Dopp Kit from Southern Marsh.. Looks good.. Has a good amount of space to!!! Good product.
The official Dopp Kit is Buxton. Buxton owns the Trademark DOPP.
You should checkout http://www.urbanwrist.com/shop/cat/products/dopp-kits/ they have a great selection of Personalized Dopp Kits which you can customize online with custom design and or inscription of your own, genuine leather made in the U.S.A.