Picked up a $5.00 Fat boy

I checked out an antique store that I pass all the time .

R.A.D set in and I stopped they had a basket of old Razors there was the Fat boy It is not perfect The side hinge has little play but i think I can fix it

I boiled it and maas polished it looks alright a lot of brassing but my first antique buy it should work ?? also they had other razors three piece type I think they were star brand I never heard of them . I just thought I would share:happy036

 

no real reason to boil them- its real hard on the finish. trust me i am a gillette collector. just use a little bit of toothpaste, and old tuthbrush, and alot of elbow grease and you'll have a stunning looking razor. maas is the last step to add a bit of extra shine- it can/should not take the place of elbow grease. just my 2 cents- congrats on your score.

 

disagree on this one, a Razor is a hygiene product you dont know where its been when you buy it used. you must somehowe disinfect it first I cant stress this too much , you might have been lucky all this time if you dont boil yours . i.e use an ultrasonic cleaner. some bacteria dont get killed with 100 degree water so boiling is still useless.

for more info check out

http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/showthread.php?t=399&highlight=cleaning+razors

 

wow. time to go buy a lottery ticket to see if your luck continues!

 

I am one of these guys who never boiled. Lucky? I think the amount of hot water and soap these things see takes care of problems. so far so good.

 

Thanks for the toothpaste trick. I recently bought a Gold Tech & will have to try that.

 

It would not take my picture?

 

Thanks all

I did the scrubbing bubbles and the toothpaste plus boil and then maas polish
then bubbles again then rinsed and sprayed it with clippercide

 

No. they never figured out a good way to put a lens and 35mm film in a Fatboy

 

ha ha

I could not up load my pic::lam

 

Thanks

Will try Thanks