Thread: Out cruisin, and found these.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Nice!! Thanks Engine.

You're welcome!
My Fatboy is E1, 1959, Jan-March
I have a red Flaretip, 1956 I believe.........

Originally Posted by engine46

You're welcome!
My Fatboy is E1, 1959, Jan-March
I have a red Flaretip, 1956 I believe.........

Ha, my other Fat boy is an E1.
It's in rough shape though. You can see how the plating has worn off on the top of the head. Been thinking about sending it out to get replated. Maybe that fancy black rhodium! Expensive to do though....

Oops, should add the pics...

I've seen a lot worse! It doesn't look that bad. Replacing would make it beautiful though!

I used this for my fatboy, basically makes disassembly idiot proof.

Take Down: Fat boy comes apart

Originally Posted by jfk742

I used this for my fatboy, basically makes disassembly idiot proof.

Take Down: Fat boy comes apart

That must be something you found on the net or you might have done it but nevertheless, it is very important & thank you very much jfk742. The fatboy he describes in the photo, date code E1 is exactly like mine which is an E1 but it is in pretty good condition on the outside. Who knows what it looks like inside.






I feel fortunate to have one of the better ones that has the screw in disc as opposed to the pressed in one.
BTW, I have found that Feather blades are probably the best ones a person can buy.

I ended up donating mine (E1 date code). The plating was completely intact, actually a really nice razor except it was missing one of the end caps that holds the silo doors. Anyways the thing looked almost new otherwise, inside was a different story, lets just say I'm glad I cleaned it out first before using it. On another note when you have it in pieces send it through a vibratory tumbler if you have one, sure put a nice shine on mine and further cleaned anything I left behind from the initial scrub.

Originally Posted by jfk742

I ended up donating mine (E1 date code). The plating was completely intact, actually a really nice razor except it was missing one of the end caps that holds the silo doors. Anyways the thing looked almost new otherwise, inside was a different story, lets just say I'm glad I cleaned it out first before using it. On another note when you have it in pieces send it through a vibratory tumbler if you have one, sure put a nice shine on mine and further cleaned anything I left behind from the initial scrub.

I have a 2 Gillette Super Speed's, one complete & another that was sent to me by one of our member's who lives in the area. The one that was sent to me is missing one of the endocaps on it. The one that is complete is an H1, 1962 Jan-March. The one missing an endocap is a J3, 1964 July- Sept. Hopefully, one day I can find one for parts because both are in pretty decent shape.