Shaving once required a skilled barber with a steady hand and a sharp straight razor. Any attempt to duplicate the act at home usually ended in bloodshed. In 1904, King Gillette introduced the firs… ...

In 1904, King Gillette introduced the first double-edged safety razor, which allowed men to shave in the comfort of their own homes. For many decades, the single-blade safety […] ...

King Camp Gillette, the inventor of the double-edged safety razor, was born in Fond du Lac on Jan. 5, 1855 — the fifth of seven children who, according to biographers, were encouraged by their ...

In 1901 the American Safety Razor Company, soon renamed the Gillette Safety Razor Company, was formed. Production began in 1903, with Gillette being granted his patent on November 15, 1904. Despite a ...

This week, Gillette unveiled the latest weapon in the razor industry arms, featuring double-pivot FlexBall technology. But how have the company's razors changed over the years?

DB: Okay. So where did Gillette and the Gillette razor come from? CE: So in 1901 this dude named King Camp Gillette, I kid you not that was his real name, founds the American safety razor company.

The long lost safety razor is economical, cool, and precise. That's why it's your new best friend.

But new razors are a different story. If a new razor hits the market, I must have it. I am the ultimate sucker in this arena, a walking, spending wet dream for every flimflam man in the razor industry ...

Here are LH, we ourselves are huge fans of safety and straight razors, so we were surprised these even made it into the top five, much less took the final vote, but the people have spoken. The ...