After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:
vintage Marshall Fields badger
1959 Fatboy/Iridium
Surrey SS (pre VDH reformulation)
Barbershop Bay Rum AS
Tom Ford 'Azure Lime' EdP
Tried a new to me Fatboy today.....yep, found this one in the wild yesterday. Figured I should at least give it a try, since not all Fatboys shave the same.
Some of you may know the Fatboy's (Executive actually, but the same basic design) my favorite razor, and I have my go to one and a back up in the arsenal. These are the ones I found to be a perfect fit, and they are considered off limits when it comes to ever selling em. I run into Fatboys occasionally and will usually turn em over pretty quick.
This razor I used today is one I'm gonna have to keep........it's that wonderful. Cleaned up extremely well and shows almost no signs of wear, plus the damn thing shaves me as well as any razor I've tried.
Now the crazy thing about this razor is it's got the same E4 date as those other two keepers. I can't tell you how many Fatboys I've used over the years (30-40 maybe?), and almost all of em have been very good. There's been a couple though...well sometimes it's sorta magical. Weird that this particular production run date seems to have a tiny tweak that the others don't.
This was a BBS shave, accomplished in extreme comfort,
Martin
vintage Marshall Fields badger
1959 Fatboy/Iridium
Surrey SS (pre VDH reformulation)
Barbershop Bay Rum AS
Tom Ford 'Azure Lime' EdP
Tried a new to me Fatboy today.....yep, found this one in the wild yesterday. Figured I should at least give it a try, since not all Fatboys shave the same.
Some of you may know the Fatboy's (Executive actually, but the same basic design) my favorite razor, and I have my go to one and a back up in the arsenal. These are the ones I found to be a perfect fit, and they are considered off limits when it comes to ever selling em. I run into Fatboys occasionally and will usually turn em over pretty quick.
This razor I used today is one I'm gonna have to keep........it's that wonderful. Cleaned up extremely well and shows almost no signs of wear, plus the damn thing shaves me as well as any razor I've tried.
Now the crazy thing about this razor is it's got the same E4 date as those other two keepers. I can't tell you how many Fatboys I've used over the years (30-40 maybe?), and almost all of em have been very good. There's been a couple though...well sometimes it's sorta magical. Weird that this particular production run date seems to have a tiny tweak that the others don't.
This was a BBS shave, accomplished in extreme comfort,
Martin
Filis are nice shavers, but I sometimes think they´ve got a better rep than they deserve, actually. They´re very easy to shave with and very easy to get an edge on and I think those two facts (in my mind) are behind Filis glory... :s 
