Schick Repeating Razor - Type C

A friend from The Shave Den (Mark) and I made a trade yesterday. We met in Asheville, NC, and had a nice visit as we made a trade: my Jayaruh #8 badger brush for his Schick Type C razor. The razor was made from 1933 to 1941.  Schick "injector" style razors were modeled after semi-automatic rifles from WWI. Col. Jacob Schick was fascinated with the idea of never touching the blade for loading / unloading.

Mark even threw in a piece of osage orange wood that I will be using for a couple of brush handles in the near future. The first two pictures are of the razor on top of the piece of wood.

The next series of pictures are of the process of loading a blade. It originally came with a cartridge of 20 blades that slid into the handle. I just put one blade in the holder. I won't be keeping blades in the handle.

Here I have removed the blade holder.

I have put one blade in the holder.

I inserted the blade holder into the handle.

After closing the end, I pulled back the plunger.

It was pretty stiff, but I got the plunger going and you can see

the blade entering the head.

Here the blade in fully loaded.

After rotating the head, it is ready for a shave.

Ready to go.

Shave of the Day - 5/14

Dove Men Face Wash

Van Der Hagen Deluxe Shave Soap

Jayaruh WC1 Silver Tip

Dad's Schick E3

Personna Stainless

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Barbasol Brisk

The Van Der Hagen Deluxe Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh WC1 Silver Tip Badger brush. Two passes with my Dad's Schick E3 razor and a Personna Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Barbasol Brisk after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/12

 

Dove Men Face Wash

Col. Conk Lime Shave Soap

Jayaruh #8 

Dad's Schick E3

Personna Stainless

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Barbasol Brisk

The Col. Conk Lime Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh Jayaruh #8  badger brush. Two passes with my Dad's Schick E3 razor and a Personna Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Barbasol Brisk after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/10

 

Dove Men Face Wash

TOBS St. James Collection

Jayaruh #8 

Dad's Schick E3

Personna Stainless

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Barbasol Brisk AS

The TOBS St. James Collection Shave Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #8 Pure Badger brush. Two passes with my Dad's Schick E3 razor and a Personna Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Barbasol Brisk after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/8

 

Dove Men Face Wash

Col. Conk Amber Shave Soap 

Jayaruh #8 Pure Badger

Dad's Schick E3

Personna Stainless

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Barbasol Brisk AS

The Col. Conk Amber Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #8 Pure Badger brush. Two passes with my Dad's Schick E3 razor and a Personna Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Barbasol Brisk after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/6

 

Dove Men Face Wash

Arko Stick

Jayaruh #8 Pure Badger 

Schick E2

Personna Stainless 

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

FD Old Spice

The Arko Stick shaving soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #8 Pure Badger brush. Two passes with my Schick E2  razor and a Personna Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then FD Old Spice after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/4

 

Dove Men Face Wash

Cella 

Jayaruh #8 Pure Badger 

Schick E2

Personna Stainless 

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

FD Old Spice

Aqua Velva

The Cella shaving soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #8 Pure Badger brush. Two passes with my Schick E2  razor and a Personna Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then FD Old Spice after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/2

 

Dove Men Face Wash

Tabac 

Jayaruh #8  Pure Badger (First Shave)

Dad's Schick E2

Personna Stainless 

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

FD Old Spice

The Tabac shave soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #8 pure badger brush. Two passes with my Dad's Schick E2  razor and a Personna Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then FD Old Spice after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Glued Knot in Jayaruh #8

 I used silicone to glue in the pure badger knot. I will give it a couple of days to set up, and then I will be alternating it with the Jayaruh WC1 silver tip badger brush during the month of May.

New Brush: Jayaruh #8

I started this new brush today. It is based on the Rubberset 400. That brush handle is aluminum, but this one is of course wood. I cut blanks out. I used the router to route out the center of one of the blanks. I then routed out the six flats on the handle side. I drew a circle on the top as a guide for shaping.

 Next, I used the orbital sander to round off the corners and begin shaping the flutes on the handle.

 I drew a circle on the bottom and tapered the flutes to the edge of the circle.

 Here is the basic shape next to one of the blanks.

I used my knife and whittled down the head to make a flange on the handle. Here it is with an o-ring on the handle.

I am going to shorten the top by about a quarter of an inch. So ends my progress on day one. I will put the hole in the top after I shorten it. More sanding to come.

Epoxied in pure badger knot.

Branded JR8

Jayaruh #7 *  Jayaruh #9