No I don't have one of them
Yes i got it from Australia.
Do you remember the Gillette trio he had My wife brought me them for my 59th Birthday
Yes i remember them.
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CheersI've reviewed a few razors on this site. I've found links to most of those reviews and posted them below. Enjoy...
Week Long Comparison: R41GS v Rockwell 6S
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Edwin Jagger DE86 -v- 3ONE6
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Executive Shaving Outlaw - First Shave
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Reasonably Priced Razor Comparison
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3ONE6
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Fatip Piccolo
First shave with my Piccolo (OC) today. Put a RazoRock handle on it, as the standard one is too small for my liking. Quite hefty for its size though, being brass. The posts seem a fraction smaller than the holes in the blade. This means you have to check it has the same amount of blade each...
Karve Christoper Bradley Plate Comparison
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Stainless DE / R 86 / 89?
No, don't get excited- they haven't released one. Some seem dissapointed the 3ONE6 didn't fill this gap. I did a side by side comparison so.e ti.e ago and agreed that it doesn't. I got a Muhle Rocca recently. Only used it for 1 week so far, but it reminded me of an '86 immediately. Over the...
Great review, we don’t see many Red or Blue tips readily available.
That's very true mate The more people that cotton on to the fact Gillette's were made in a
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Great review, love reading the individual elements of their razors.Gillette Fatboy
Background
The 195 adjustable, or "Fatboy" as it is often known, is a nickel plated brass safety razor that takes standard double edge blades and has a twist-to-open blade loading/unloading mechanism. The 195 moniker refers to its initial purchase price of US$1.95. It was manufactured between quarter 3 of 1958 and quarter one of 1962.
It weighs 79 grams and was introduced with a new line of blades called the Gillette Super Blue. They were silicone coated carbon steel blades and a pack was bundled with the razor in a styrene case.
There were variations of the razor model, such as the gold plated Executive with a different knurling pattern, and the Red Dot which has a red dot as a marker for the selected blade exposure setting rather than an exposed section of the mechanism. It is five grams heavier than the standard Fatboy. There were also four revisions to the basic Fatboy mechanism during its lifespan.
My Experience
I own two Fatboys and find them to be very effective, easy shavers. The head is domed in a such a way that, combined with a middle blade exposure settings, gets me a mild but effective shave with almost all blades. My skin prefers a milder razor but my stubble is tough and wiry; I can easily get a very good or excellent shave in three passes. These factors, combined with a balanced weight that is neither too heavy nor too light, and a handle length that fits nicely in my large hands, leads to an intuitive, effective and enjoyable shaving experience. If I have neglected to shave for several days the highest blade exposure (9) and angle setting will deliver an effective first or second pass usually without causing any skin irritation. I would typically dial down to my more common setting of 5 to 7 for remaining passes and 'touch-ups'. I have found setting four to be the lowest setting that is still useful to me.
In my opinion the aesthetics of the razor are excellent. I feel it is an evolution of the Gillette Toggle adjustable and the US version of the Gillette Aristocrat from the 1940s.
I acquired my first Fatboy, a cosmetically poor but working example, and had it replated in gold. This plating started to visibly wear after several thousand shaves over the next fourteen years (for approximately half this time I lost interest in using the rest of my razor collection and focussed on this razor for the majority of my shaves). I later had this cerakoted in black and I hand-painted the blade exposure numbers and date code with light grey enamel.
My second Fatboy remains in original good condition, with some plate loss on the handle and minor spotting on the silo doors. This razor came cased but without the original blade pack or instructions. For many years I used my own home-printed instructions and a pack of blades that was true to the time period but not this model. Last year a forum member kindly provided me with some original instructions and the correct blades. It now sits proudly on display in my bedroom.
Links & Photos
If you haven't already tried one and are based in the UK why not get yourself added to the forum passaround? https://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/community/threads/pass-around-fatboy.690/post-949139
My first Fatboy, cerakoted to black. Includes the original condition, gold replate and cerakote of that razor:
Cerakoted Razors
Through someone on the forum who knows someone who does ceramic coating of razors I had the following three done. The results varied fairly considerably, although none were bad. Every razor was not new so there were some minor imperfections here and there as you might expect in wear and tear...
1940 US Aristocrat - design inspiration?
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Brilliant review NotTheStig and pics I had no Idea the Gillette Fatboy was inspired be the 1940s Aristocrat.Gillette Fatboy
Background
The 195 adjustable, or "Fatboy" as it is often known, is a nickel plated brass safety razor that takes standard double edge blades and has a twist-to-open blade loading/unloading mechanism. The 195 moniker refers to its initial purchase price of US$1.95. It was manufactured between quarter 3 of 1958 and quarter one of 1962.
It weighs 79 grams and was introduced with a new line of blades called the Gillette Super Blue. They were silicone coated carbon steel blades and a pack was bundled with the razor in a styrene case.
There were variations of the razor model, such as the gold plated Executive with a different knurling pattern, and the Red Dot which has a red dot as a marker for the selected blade exposure setting rather than an exposed section of the mechanism. It is five grams heavier than the standard Fatboy. There were also four revisions to the basic Fatboy mechanism during its lifespan.
My Experience
I own two Fatboys and find them to be very effective, easy shavers. The head is domed in a such a way that, combined with a middle blade exposure settings, gets me a mild but effective shave with almost all blades. My skin prefers a milder razor but my stubble is tough and wiry; I can easily get a very good or excellent shave in three passes. These factors, combined with a balanced weight that is neither too heavy nor too light, and a handle length that fits nicely in my large hands, leads to an intuitive, effective and enjoyable shaving experience. If I have neglected to shave for several days the highest blade exposure (9) and angle setting will deliver an effective first or second pass usually without causing any skin irritation. I would typically dial down to my more common setting of 5 to 7 for remaining passes and 'touch-ups'. I have found setting four to be the lowest setting that is still useful to me.
In my opinion the aesthetics of the razor are excellent. I feel it is an evolution of the Gillette Toggle adjustable and the US version of the Gillette Aristocrat from the 1940s.
I acquired my first Fatboy, a cosmetically poor but working example, and had it replated in gold. This plating started to visibly wear after several thousand shaves over the next fourteen years (for approximately half this time I lost interest in using the rest of my razor collection and focussed on this razor for the majority of my shaves). I later had this cerakoted in black and I hand-painted the blade exposure numbers and date code with light grey enamel.
My second Fatboy remains in original good condition, with some plate loss on the handle and minor spotting on the silo doors. This razor came cased but without the original blade pack or instructions. For many years I used my own home-printed instructions and a pack of blades that was true to the time period but not this model. Last year a forum member kindly provided me with some original instructions and the correct blades. It now sits proudly on display in my bedroom.
Links & Photos
If you haven't already tried one and are based in the UK why not get yourself added to the forum passaround? https://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/community/threads/pass-around-fatboy.690/post-949139
My first Fatboy, cerakoted to black. Includes the original condition, gold replate and cerakote of that razor:
Cerakoted Razors
Through someone on the forum who knows someone who does ceramic coating of razors I had the following three done. The results varied fairly considerably, although none were bad. Every razor was not new so there were some minor imperfections here and there as you might expect in wear and tear...
1940 US Aristocrat - design inspiration?
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Gillette Fatboy
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Thanks to you I can confirm that head is very good. Perhaps a little too efficient for me (I like something forgiving especially if I a shaving moments after waking up). It's still in my arsenal but doesnt get regular use. Nice as a change-of-pace razor every now and then.
Not read anything official about that. Just my own observation. That Aristocrat also works really well for me albeit without adjustability. It has that more domed head which the later Slim and Super Adjustable did away with. Those razors don't work so well for me for that reason, and I dislike the longer, thinner handle too!Brilliant review NotTheStig and pics I had no Idea the Gillette Fatboy was inspired be the 1940s Aristocrat.
In your pics I can definitely see the similarity.
Thanks for all the detail mate its great reading.
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