Category — Razors

"Gilette Fat Boy Razer"

I recently bought this lot of fine, Gillette safety razors from that large auction site. Got a good deal, too. I don’t want to tell you how good, because you might cry. See that thick one in the picture? Yep, it’s a Fat Boy.

I have posted previously that sometimes you have to look hard to find a Fat Boy for a good price on eBay. I mentioned that occasionally you can find one listed when the seller doesn’t know that’s what it is.

Well, sometimes, you can find one where the seller not only doesn’t know what it is, but doesn’t know how to spell ‘Gillette’. Or ‘razor’.

That’s when you can score a true bargain.

Keep looking, kids. The deals are out there.

Prices on Fusion and other multiple-blade Gillette ripoffs cartridges are being slashed at British retailer Asada. Monster UK retailer Tesco is expected to follow.

“The store’s toiletries buyer, Graham Speak, said: ‘Instead of lining the pockets of Federer, Henry and Woods, we think companies like Gillette should ditch their razorsharp pricing and put customers first…”

The revolution will be televised. It will feature Messrs. Woods, Jeter, and Federer.

Ron Christensen, from Iowa, has invented a product called ‘Revolt’ that he claims extends the life of razor blades.

The gent found through his research that water rusts blades – figure out how to remove the water, and presto! Blade life is extended. You shave with the lube, then store your razor in the extender.

Christensen.

His Revolt sells for around ten bucks a bottle.

Okay.

I’m down with invention, making a buck, the American way.

And I agree, if you can remove all water from your blades after a shave, they stand less chance of developing micro-spots of rust which will make the next shave rougher.

I’ve been doing some research of my own in this field and have found something that does the trick a helluva lot cheaper than Revolt.

Rubbing alcohol.

Plain old isopropyl alcohol displaces water. Using it as an after-shave razor rinse, you clear water from the blade before you put the razor away. You can enjoy the warm, relaxing pleasure of a wet shave and still extend blade life.

I’m not claiming anything new here. I’ve read about this trick, and have been trying it lately.

My DE blades have gone from three comfortable shaves to five. Also, any nasty germs that may have jumped from my face to the blade are killed before the next shave.

I keep an Anchor Hocking bowl of the alcohol on the sink. After my shave I swish the head of the razor in there.

Works like a charm, for 80 cents a bottle.