New Ebay Gillette Slim Ugly Surprise

I've heard of this before. It's too bad had to discover it by "feel." I'm glad it worked out though!

So what you're saying is that this one goes up to eleven?

No, what I'm saying is that it was at 11 when the dial was set to 1. At 9, it would be like just holding the razor blade in your fingers and shaving like that.

The dial marker on the Gillette Slim is really an oblong hole in the handle of the razor. Looking through the hole you can see a piece of metal. Beneath that piece of metal is a spring. Normally, you can spin the dial and it will stop at 1 and 9, due to that piece of metal hitting stops. If you compress the spring the metal will slip under the stops allowing the dial to rotate past their normal position. Once you get back around to 1 or 9 and release the spring, the stops will work again, BUT the blade gap will be wrong since your either in the -1 to -9 position or the 11-20 range if you turned the dial the other way. In this particular case, it's clear the guy disassembled the razor to clean it -- really nice job btw, but when he put it back together the dial was in the 11-20 range which is really, really aggressive. It's a pretty easy mistake to make I'm sure.

So, if anybody gets a Slim that is so mild it won't shave or so aggressive that it peels your face off, that's most likely the problem. It's easy to fix.

1. Slightly loosen the TTO knob about 1/4 turn (should do that whenever you adjust the dial anyway.)
2. Set the dial to 1 or 9 depending on whether you're going less aggressive or more aggressive.
3. Stick a small sturdy piece of metal like a paper clip, bobby pin, dental pick or some such into the rectangular hole.
3. Fiddle with the metal retaining pin until you collapse the spring
4. Turn the knob past 1 or 9 depending on which way you want to go until you get to the numbers again
5. Release the pin and your good to go, but now your one whole dial more or less aggressive depending which way you turned it.

Dang, sorry Uzi, now I feel kinda bad having made you write all that out. My previous comment actually wasn't serious, it was a Spinal Tap reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xgx4k83zzc

Null, isn't this exactly how we learn.  That @Uzi did take the time, even though you were referencing something else (and what exactly is Spinal Tap, a television show?), we now have some really interesting information to add to the site and that can only be good so thank you both.

Don't feel to bad I got the reference. Cracked me up.

So what you're saying is that this one goes up to eleven?

Nope, that's mine. I had my blade gaps set two levels higher than normal, so while I still only have 9 settings, wide open I usually call it 11 just to clarify.

Wow! Glad to hear you figured that one out!


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Null, isn't this exactly how we learn.  That @Uzi did take the time, even though you were referencing something else (and what exactly is Spinal Tap, a television show?), we now have some really interesting information to add to the site and that can only be good so thank you both.

Spinal Tap is a mockumentary about a fake rock band, poking a bit of fun at the "hair bands" of the late '70s through the '80s, like Iron Maiden and KISS.

It is actually a very, VERY funny movie, and if you like spoofs/mockumentaries at all, it is a much see...

I'm going to watch This is Spinal Tap again tonight. Thanks, DFS!

All used adjustables should be completely taken apart for a deep cleaning & sanitization as even an ultrasonic cannot completely remove all the dried scum, hair, etc., from the razor's guts. The last 'Fatboy' I bought I scrubbed, soaked, & ultrasonically cleaned for the better part of a day. It shone like a diamond outside. I sent it off for repainting and any other work it needed and the repair guy sent me some photos of it after he tore it down completely. It looked like the inside of the lower colon of a catfish. It was disgusting and that was after hours of the aforementioned regimen.

So what you're saying is that this one goes up to eleven?

Dang, sorry Uzi, now I feel kinda bad having made you write all that out.  My previous comment actually wasn't serious, it was a Spinal Tap reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xgx4k83zzc

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You go all the way to 10 and where do you go from there?

Lol. My phamacogenetics professor always liked to play clips of the movie before class.