Bought 2 Gillette Techs and a Fatboy locally for $10 total!! (Pics)

[Den]

I was so close to buying the EJ DE89L but was still hung up on the whole vintage razors thing. I decided I'd give a couple of antique shops in town a call just in case they had something decent. I wasn't counting on much. The second place I called they told me they had 3 DE razors and 2 are pretty grimmy but the other isn't so bad. So I headed down and what they had was 2 Gillette Techs and a Fatboy. The Techs were the grimmy ones they were talking about but the Fatboy wasn't too beat up and everything worked smoothly on it. Doors shut tightly and all.

I asked the owner what he wanted for all 3. He thought for a second and said how about 10 bucks? No problem here! Payed the guy and off I went to pick up some Scrubbing Bubbles and Barbicide. Got home and gave them a good scrubbing with hot water and tooth paste with an old tooth brush. Then I went at it again with Scrubbing Bubbles. I stopped once I couldn't see any more progress being made. I soaked all 3 in Barbicide for 10 minutes then rinsed them off with hot water.

The Fatboy is an E3 from 1959 (I think), but I'm not completely sure. The all metal Tech is a 1950's era British made and the other with the plastic handle is made in the US.

Here's a couple of pics. Not the best at taking pics...sry.

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I scrubbed and scrubbed, I just couldn't get this any cleaner.

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I still plan on buying the EJ DE89L, but these were easier at $10 to slip under the wife's radar.

 

[Copierguy]

Congrats on the score.

Blue Magic from an auto parts store might bring the nickel up another notch.

 

[PIPS]

nice kill !!

 

[filedog]

You could try a little metal polish now, something mild like MAAS. I couldn't find it locally, but got a good deal from ebay. I use it on a q-tip for inner surfaces, and a toothbrush for knurled areas, then polish with a t-shirt or equivalent, and follow up with another soak in SB. Nice score!

 

[Deltaboy]

Great Buy enjoy!

 

[AndrewGWU]

Great deal!

 

[wazazzle]

Nice find.... i found a fatboy adj last week at the antiques for $5

 

[DavyRay]

Nice score. I'm going to have to find a Tech somewhere. I have not used one, and hear lots of good about them.

 

[Den]

Thanks for the additional cleaning tips fellas. Much appreciated!

I had my first DE shave this morning using the British Tech. Just like everyone said, it's a mild shaver. I've read Techs are great with Feather blades but for my 1st DE shave, I didn't have the guts to attempt a Feather so I used a Lord blade. The shave went great! No irritation and not one weeper. I didn't get a BBS, but definitely a very good acceptable smooth shave.