Vintage RHODIUM 1959 Gillette Adjustable Fat Boy Safety Razor E1 TTO NOS Blades

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Gillette "Fat Boy" Safety Razor 1959 E1 NEW Rhodium Plated Date Code: E1 - 1st Quarter of 1959 The adjustable band, or collar, below the razors head is easy to operate. It works just like the collar on the Slim or Black Beauty razors. Just loosen the TTO a 1/4 turn counter clockwise and the collar will easily rotate. The adjusting collar allows you to customize your shave. The settings start at one, the mildest and stops at nine, the most aggressive setting. Between these settings is your "sweet spot" that will provide great quality shaves. This razor looks beautiful and has fresh new Rhodium Plating. This razor comes with 3 NOS blades ready to shave or to be added to your Vintage Razor Collection. The doors on this razor does open and close as they should , and the adjustable dial still has its distinctive, audible What more could you want? Having collected owned and tried all of the Gillette adjustable razors, while each razor has it's own great qualities, one of my personal favorites is the Fat Boy. Rhodium Plating: However, aside from its coveted reflectiveness, rhodium has protective properties that make it functionally useful as a plating metal. Rhodium will never discolor or tarnish. Aside from that, it is a harder metal than gold, which means it is more scratch-resistant and more able to survive the rigors of daily read more