Origin Of The Term 'Fatboy' for the Gillette 195?

[Alum Ladd]

When and where is the term 'fatboy' first recorded to describe the Gillette 195 Adjustable?

I know it was never used by Gillette in their in-house development and advertising literature, as far as I am aware, unlike the Slim Adjustable, which was it's official name as far as I know.

Does anybody have any information when and where the term 'fatboy' was first used? Was it in collectors circles?

 

[Whiterook]

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Fatboy (Standard) - Gillette Adjustable Razors

Fatboy (Standard) The Gillette 195 Adjustable Safety Razor or as it is more commonly known the "Fatboy" was made for three and a half years between 1958 (D-3) and 1962 (H-1). The original retail list price was $1.95 and this is where the 195 comes from in its proper name. Sometimes it is also called

gilletteadjustable.com

 

[Alum Ladd]

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Fatboy (Standard) - Gillette Adjustable Razors

Fatboy (Standard) The Gillette 195 Adjustable Safety Razor or as it is more commonly known the "Fatboy" was made for three and a half years between 1958 (D-3) and 1962 (H-1). The original retail list price was $1.95 and this is where the 195 comes from in its proper name. Sometimes it is also called

gilletteadjustable.com

Well that's a pleasure to read. Here ends the shortest and quickest thread on B&B! Thanks @Whiterook

 

[stone and strop]

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Fatboy (Standard) - Gillette Adjustable Razors

Fatboy (Standard) The Gillette 195 Adjustable Safety Razor or as it is more commonly known the "Fatboy" was made for three and a half years between 1958 (D-3) and 1962 (H-1). The original retail list price was $1.95 and this is where the 195 comes from in its proper name. Sometimes it is also called

gilletteadjustable.com

Good information there, thanks.

 

[Euro_Lander]

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Fatboy (Standard) - Gillette Adjustable Razors

Fatboy (Standard) The Gillette 195 Adjustable Safety Razor or as it is more commonly known the "Fatboy" was made for three and a half years between 1958 (D-3) and 1962 (H-1). The original retail list price was $1.95 and this is where the 195 comes from in its proper name. Sometimes it is also called

gilletteadjustable.com

The reason I joined this forum was in search of information regarding the Fatboy . My 92 year-old father gave me his F4 Fatboy which he purchased new in the U.K. in 1962.

And the site you just mentioned is one I had visited around the time I joined B&B