“A main object of my invention is to provide a safety-razor in which the ... and throw them away when dull.’’ Gillette sold only 51 razors and 168 blades in 1901. But by 1903, business ...

For King Camp Gillette, it was both ... By the 1890s, not much had changed: There were crude safety razors, but their blades had to be stropped daily and eventually resharpened by a cutler.

His face appeared on every package of razor blades. During World War I, the U.S. government issued Gillette safety razors to the entire armed forces. By the end of the war, some 3.5 million ...

Lady Gillette would be ashamed ... speedy but prone to irritating skin and leaving ingrown hairs behind, safety razors—with their single, swappable blades for a shave reminiscent of a barber ...

There’s a reason safety razors have remained virtually unchanged since they were invented by King C. Gillette in the early 1900s. 2. Runner-Up: Merkur Double-Edge Heavy-Duty Safety Razor 34C ...