Thread: First Shave with my Fat Boy

Hello,
First, I want to take the opportunity to thank everyone that has given me their advice on DE shaving as I incorporate DE's into my straight razors.

A couple days a go, I posted about the difference between a FatBoy and a Slim. I was able to pick up a Fat Boy from eBay (fantastic condition) for a great value.

Today, I shaved with my newest acquisition. I started by loading a Sharp blade (my facae doesn't do well with sharper blades, Red Personna is about as sharp as I can go), dialed the Fat Boy to a 3. I prepped my face with Truefitt and Hill Pre- shave oil, lathered up with RazoRock XXX and gave it a go.

After three passes, I had my best DE shave so far. Very close, comfortable and best of all, NO nicks. I had a few spots to touch up, mostly from my technique, but all it took was a re-lather and concentration on my angle.

Im very happy with the Fat Boy and this has become my newest favorite DE. I will continue to look out for a Slim. But in the mean time, I will definitely enjoy my Fat Boy.

Again, thanks to all for the good advice on razors and blades. And most of all for sharing your own experiences with DE's.

its always nice to get a good shave .. 3 setting on my Fatboy is also my sweet spot ...

Yea, Fat Boys are very nice DEs to use and versatile too. Being adjustable you have a chance to tune the razor to the blade to get a close comfortable shave. I started at 3 and went up the scale one setting at a time till I got to where it was uncomfortable to shave and then went down one setting. For the Astra SPs that I use the setting was a 6. If I change blade makes I imagine I will have to re-tune the setting for that particular blade make. Something like trying various blade makes to see which work best in a non adjustable DE.

Bob

Glad you like it, now I'll have to get one of my own!

I love my Fat Boy, and will continue to hunt for them as I enjoy gifting them to friends and family(DE razors in general) but I might have to keep the Fat Boys and just give out the standard vintage DE's that i have tons of. Mine is also dialed into a 3 and I use the Astra razors, never had a bad shave from it yet. Congrats on the find.
Respectfully,
Christian

One trick to try when you get more experienced is to change the setting as you shave. You might try a 5 for with the grain, a 4 for across it, and a 3 for against the grain passes, for example. I often do that with my futur (usually at a 4.5, 3.5, 2.5 ).

I use my fatboy at 9 for the first pass 7 for the second and 3 for the third. I feel like i should dial it back based on the lower numbers above. I don't know why but I prefer a aggressive cut I also only use feather blades. I do have a couple older 3pcs razors and comparing the spacing most are in the 7-5 range