Got a beater Fatboy today

Picked this one up from an antique store today. The plating is almost nonexistent on the handle, there's pitting on the adjuster ring, and more plate loss under and inside the head. Everything works though, and after cleaning and polishing it up it actually looks kind of cool with the different metals in the handle. I'll shave with it tomorrow, and since I've been using my nice Fatboy this week it should be easy to tell if this one is "off". It all looks like it should shave fine, but I want to give it a try before it goes up on ebay.

? That's going up on Ebay?

This one is definitely a replate candidate I'd say.

Yea, it will go up on ebay once I get around to it. I don't feel like replating it myself, better to pass it on to someone who can replate it, or just enjoy a Fatboy shave for cheaper than a nice one. I myself have a Fatboy in excellent condition with the priginal case, so no need for this.

valmara1971 said:

? That's going up on Ebay?

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Johhny Schleps said:

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No bewilderment

I'm not really understanding the surprise in putting a razor on ebay.

dustinm said:

I'm not really understanding the surprise in putting a razor on ebay.

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Maybe someone here (B&B) would like to replate it rather than on Ebay.....

dustinm said:

I'm not really understanding the surprise in putting a razor on ebay.

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Putting that razor on Ebay is what surprised me?

Yhea really...

Talk to "Buddydog", he does replating...

Merkur25 said:

Maybe someone here (B&B) would like to replate it rather than on Ebay.....

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+1

Hansel said:

Yhea really...

Talk to "Buddydog", he does replating...

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I send all my work to Onotoman

dustinm said:

I'm not really understanding the surprise in putting a razor on ebay.

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just so you know, i sold a bunch of fatboys on ebay a few weeks ago in similar condition. got about $8-10 (after shipping). just so you know

Clean it and use is as a daily user!

Yea I didn't plan to make much off of it anyway. I bought it more to pass it along to someone else who might use it. For some reason I thought the B/S/T post requirement was 100 posts, but just realized it's only 50. I might end up putting together a little beginner kit and put it up on there, or just put it up on it's own. I mainly bough it because I was curious how to see how good i would look after a cleaning.

dustinm said:

Yea I didn't plan to make much off of it anyway. I bought it more to pass it along to someone else who might use it. For some reason I thought the B/S/T post requirement was 100 posts, but just realized it's only 50. I might end up putting together a little beginner kit and put it up on there, or just put it up on it's own. I mainly bough it because I was curious how to see how good i would look after a cleaning.

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You could always PIF it for the "psychic income" that you would receive. I just did that and enjoyed it probably more than I expected.

shavervinnie said:

You could always PIF it for the "psychic income" that you would receive. I just did that and enjoyed it probably more than I expected.

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That's being considered too. Right now, it's stuck down in a moving box for at least a few weeks.

Merkur25 said:

I send all my work to Onotoman

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+1, six months after he did my NEW head to mate with the Bull Mastiff, I'm still admiring how handsome that thing is.

I was also thinking it might be cool to replate in something different than nickel. I don't know though, for the cost of replating, I could probably buy a few more razors/brushes at the antique stores. That's why I kind of ruled it out. How much does it usually run to get an adjustable replated?

Onotoman's store just quoted a price of $20 plus $7 for return shipping to replate a Fat Boy.