I recently bought my first fatboy (E1) from ebay and when cleaning it all up I noticed a slightly uneven blade gap. It's more apparent on the lower settings, especially 1. The gap seems to taper towards one end of the razor, and if I flip it around the other side tapers to the same side of the razor. I will attach pictures for further help. Does anyone know how to fix this? I'm not afraid of bending what needs to be bent back into place, I just don't know what to bend. I don't know if its the spider assembly or the blade guard. The first picture is at setting 1 and it looks like it tapers up to the left, then in pic 2 I flip the razor around and it seems to taper up to the right. I then put a blade in to help show the gap.
Fatboy Uneven Blade Gap Help?
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I would contact Chris at Back Roads Gold. He does tuneups and replacing. I’m sure he could fix this for you without costing a lot.
I see Matt from Razor Emporium uploads a lot of content to YT. While I don't know a thing about him or his business, he seems to take it seriously. Might be worth contacting them as well.
While I love Matt's videos and expertise on all things Gillette, I've read too many complaints of shoddy repair or flawed replating. Chris, at Backroads Gold, OTOH is a master, a wizard at flawless replating, and all accounts I've read of his tune-ups are favorable. Plus, his turnaround time is only around 10 days.
Theres also the legendary Captain Murphy who does/did restoration work.
He's the Fatboy specialist. He may have hung up his boots but worth trying.
Last I heard, he's a active serviceman and his time is limited but he does a great
job...dozens of happy clients.
Maybe someone here will have his contact info (I think he's on here as well)
and please correct me if I described him wrongly.
He's the Fatboy specialist. He may have hung up his boots but worth trying.
Last I heard, he's a active serviceman and his time is limited but he does a great
job...dozens of happy clients.
Maybe someone here will have his contact info (I think he's on here as well)
and please correct me if I described him wrongly.
What did you ever do about yours? I seem to have the same issue on this D3 Fatboy I acquired last week. I polished and cleaned it up to the best of my ability, put a blade in to shave and just noticed the gap.
