I have now officially shaved for the first time with an adjustable razor.
I received a nicely plated (nickel) Fatboy today, and after cleaning it I took it for a 2 pass test drive with my Muhle silvertip fiber brush, Stirling's MITA, and a Voskhod for a blade. Turned it to "3" and then closed the doors/locked it.
In case I forget, thank you to whomever wrote to tighten the knob a quarter turn to lock the blade. It might have been ugly otherwise . . .
In a word, it shaves . . . beautifully. Smooth, heavy, grippy, and elegant in a brute force kind of way that reminds me of vintage cars. I didn't have any issues shaving under my nose keeping the handle perpendicular to the floor and rolling the blade down in a north-to-south pass and then a bit of towards-the-midline for right under the nose on pass #2 (and another north-to-south for the lower lip). It's now on my top shelf (my active rotation shelf) waiting for tomorrow.
I think I understand a little more why some people recommend adjustables - it shaves as smoothly as a non-adjustable razor, and if I want to tweak it a little I can (without shimming it). I strongly prefer the Fatboy aesthetics to the Slim or the Super Adjustable (otherwise I'd have gone for a birth year super Adjustable or a Slim).
My only gripe is the nickel - it's a warm silvery tone, but it's not the bright bluish silver of my chrome Tech (Krona replated). If it becomes a regular, I may end up getting it plated with gold (or possibly chrome).
The other thing I wanted to mention is that it feels a lot like my Tech (in terms of the safety bar and the smoothness). That's if you ignore the heavier weight and the big head. I guess it's like saying that a steak is a lot like tofu, if you ignore the flavor and the texture (and the appearance).
I received a nicely plated (nickel) Fatboy today, and after cleaning it I took it for a 2 pass test drive with my Muhle silvertip fiber brush, Stirling's MITA, and a Voskhod for a blade. Turned it to "3" and then closed the doors/locked it.
In case I forget, thank you to whomever wrote to tighten the knob a quarter turn to lock the blade. It might have been ugly otherwise . . .
In a word, it shaves . . . beautifully. Smooth, heavy, grippy, and elegant in a brute force kind of way that reminds me of vintage cars. I didn't have any issues shaving under my nose keeping the handle perpendicular to the floor and rolling the blade down in a north-to-south pass and then a bit of towards-the-midline for right under the nose on pass #2 (and another north-to-south for the lower lip). It's now on my top shelf (my active rotation shelf) waiting for tomorrow.
I think I understand a little more why some people recommend adjustables - it shaves as smoothly as a non-adjustable razor, and if I want to tweak it a little I can (without shimming it). I strongly prefer the Fatboy aesthetics to the Slim or the Super Adjustable (otherwise I'd have gone for a birth year super Adjustable or a Slim).
My only gripe is the nickel - it's a warm silvery tone, but it's not the bright bluish silver of my chrome Tech (Krona replated). If it becomes a regular, I may end up getting it plated with gold (or possibly chrome).
The other thing I wanted to mention is that it feels a lot like my Tech (in terms of the safety bar and the smoothness). That's if you ignore the heavier weight and the big head. I guess it's like saying that a steak is a lot like tofu, if you ignore the flavor and the texture (and the appearance).