Hand Crank Shaving Machine (Triumph top)

[drboruff]

I was fortunate to have purchased this hard to find hand crank shaving machine for home use which utilizes a Triumph top casting and Gem crank. This example is in nice condition and shows very little use. It was also originally drilled for a Type D repeater and has the small leather insert on the knife edge, but I'm not sure if the repeater was ever installed. If originally supplied with a Type D repeater, some modification would have been needed since there is no belt pulley to attach the gear which drives the return mechanism.

Frow's Edison Cylinder Phonograph Companion briefly mentions the shaver, but does not include a picture. Frow writes: "Mention should be made of a simpler shaving machine on offer after 1906 for home use. Consisting of the top casting, mandrel and feed mechanism of the TRIUMPH Model B, it was rotated by a geared shaft and crank handle parallel to the feed screw, the whole being fixed to a wooden base with heavily bevelled edges. There was a removable lead plug in the carrier-arm eye to weight it down."

I recall having seen one of these shavers many years ago, but don't remember any details. I haven't been able to locate information on-line or in other reference books and would like to make contact with someone who has this same model shaver, or possibly a period advertisement. I'm interested to know if the Type D repeater was standard equipment or an option, and also see what the lead lug used to weigh down the carriage looked like. Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,
David

[Andersun]

That Triumph top used to have a factory equipped repeater on it .