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I went looking for Straight Razors and ended up with a DE...
Aloha All,
I went on a day trip today from Kosovo down to Skopje, Macedonia to the Old Town Bazaar. I was with a few friends that have been there before and told me of antique stores that had straight razors. There I was looking for straights and all I found was junk most straights that I saw were destroyed. We went to four different antique stores and each one had 5 to 10 straights, some were for using disposable blades, the other true straights all had major issues or were sub 4/8th blades.
In the second to last antique store that we had went to I asked the gentleman working for straight razors and he brought me out all of his shaving items. He had a few junk straights, a few brushes, a shaving bowl, and some DE blades, other miscellaneous items and lastly a Golden Gillette adjustable DE of some sort. I looked at it an thought to myself this looks nice but I don't know anything about DE's yet and I am still new to wet shaving with a straight, I don't think I am interested. My buddies were in there and it was a small shop one of them was looking at old WWII and Yugoslavian medals and trinkets, I stepped outside for a few minutes. Then when I went back in I could not help thinking about that Golden Gillette razor, I mulled it over and decided that without knowing anything about DE's the price was okay so I bought it. I really don't think I could help myself because it was shiny, I felt like a bass hitting a lure.
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Now it is time for you all to tell me what I have, I did a little searching and I believe it to be a Gillette Fat Boy am I correct? It has only a few markings on the underside it says MADE IN U.S.A. then it has a diamond shaped Gillette logo that says Gillette with an arrow through it. There is a K on one side of the handle and a 2 on the other and then it says REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. I know that valuations are not done here on SRP is letting me know if I got a good deal allowed? If it is I paid 600 Macedonian Denar for it that converts to 12.71 USD or 9.64 Euro. The razor opens and closes fine and the (tensioner?) works. The only thing I noticed that may affect operation and usage is that one of the guide bars is bent down slightly, like the razor was dropped.
I bought two packs of blades and plan on getting some from the Base Exchange also, I hope to use this razor soon. Okay here is my next question and I plan to read around the forum but how do I use this thing? I also purchased some Palmolive shaving cream I found at a supermarket and two sticks of Arko from street vendor for gifts.
I can believe my RAD has branched out to DE's now. Thanks for reading my rambling.
I went looking for Straight Razors and ended up with a DE...
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Ryan82
Nice find, and at a great price too!
That is not a Fat Boy, the handle is too long and slender. If I had to guess I'd say it's an Aristocrat, circa 1960's. Congrats and happy shaving.
I can take some measurements for you all if you like? Are the Aristocrats adjustable razors like the Fat Boy?
I just measured the handle it is approximately 3 1/8 inches long with a diameter of 7/16 inch. I have just done some searching and answered my own question, yes Aristocrats are adjustable. Thanks Ryan after looking at some pictures I am with you in thinking I have a Aristocrat. I saw a NOS one in the original packaging with a mid three figure price, the neat thing is the price embossed on the box was $5.00.