Originally Posted by
honedright
I recently picked up an F-1 "Fatboy" which had a frozen adjustment dial and base plate. I was able to free everything up, depressed the red spring to tighten up the dial, and got everything working.
Thing is, everything I've read indicates that setting 1 is the least aggressive, and setting 9 the most. Yet on mine, setting 1, where the blade is flatter, seems to require the most care and causes the most nicks and weepers. But by dialing all the way up to setting 9, and causing the blade to bow up more, the shave still requires care, as these fatboys seem to bite pretty easily, but the shave seems much more mild with fewer weepers, contrary to what I expected and based on what I've read about these razors. So on mine, setting 1 seems most aggressive, setting 9 the least.
Is my fatboy backwards? Or is this just a normal variation? Or what?