Gillette Adjustable Friday ; Toggles, Fat Boys, Slims, and Black Beauties welcome!

Gillette Gold Black Beauty (O3) Razor
Treet Carbon Black Beauty Blade
Lord Chesterfield/Two Band Badger (restored) Brush
Viking Revolution Sandalwood Shave Cream
Dickinson's Witch Hazel w/Egyptian Musk
Aqua Velva Musk After Shave

 

Bottom dial Fatboy w/Bic Chrome Platinum blade


First thing to state is the challenge trying to shave with a razor like this. You have to deal with the mirror constantly being fogged up by rainbows, skittles being slip hazards and getting poked by unicorn horns. Once that is dealt with then you need to fend off everyone in the house wanting to bask in your aura of awesomeness. A lock on the bathroom door and windows is definitely recommended. Those issues dealt with onto the shave. I figured on my maiden voyage I'd set the razor to 6. First off I had no issues with the dial being on the bottom of handle, razor felt fine in the hand. Second this is not a standard fat boy, slim or super adjustable. On the 6 setting this razor is much more efficient than any of those razors set at 9. I can't say if this is the same as a Toggle since it has been a long time since I've owned and shaved with one but I do remember thinking it was overrated when using it the 9 setting. This one not so much it performed really well on the 6 setting with it just getting to the BBS finish line. So far and this not because I am awesome and therefor the bottom dial is awesome but it was about the best shave I've ever had with any Gillette adjustable except for the Super 109 at 9. Next time I use it I'll up the setting see if this overtakes a Super 109 for me.

 

Sounds like your technique is improving finally All kidding aside, I'm glad you're enjoying it as yo clearly are

 

If the razor is designed correctly you can get away with pull and pray and still get BBS finishes. The Toggle clearly wasn't. I spent about 7 or so years doing the honey badger don't give a damn method of shaving before I figured out that first statement was the reason why. Not coincidentally that coincided with when I started to get into SE shaving.

 

Gillette Fatboy / Gillette Silver Blue

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Gillette Fatboy (G3) Razor
Bic Chrome Platinum Blade
Surrey Boar Shave Brush
Viking Revolution Clary Sage Shave Cream
Dickinson's Witch Hazel w/Egyptian Musk
Aqua Velva Musk After Shave

 

Gillette Fatboy / Gillette Silver Blue

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