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Benjamin Huntsman invents the first razor blade.
The first modern straight razor complete with decorated handles and hollow ground blades was constructed in Sheffield, in England, the centre of the cutlery industry, in the 18th and 19th centuries. Benjamin Huntsman produced the first superior hard steel grade, through a special crucible process, suitable for use as blade material in 1740, though it was first rejected in England. -
King Camp Gillette invents the safety razor.
Gillette's innovation was the thin, inexpensive, disposable blade of stamped steel. -
H.B. Pearson invents the Rolls razor.
The blade was about the size of a conventional disposable blade but was solid, hollow ground and not disposable, it incorporated a safety guard. -
Colonel Jacob Schick invents the first electric razor.
Col. Jacob Schick was an American inventor and entrepreneur who patented the first electric razor and started the Schick Dry Shaver, Inc. razor company. -
Wilkinson Sword invents disposable razor blade.
Wilkinson Sword introduced stainless steel razor blades and soon the company's blades made rapid gains in shares of the market, because one blade, though somewhat more expensive, could be used for a week. -
Société Bic invents the Bic disposable razor.
Spotting a gap in the market, Marcel Bich, founder of the Bic company in France, decided to begin creating a completely disposable razor in the 1970s. In the second half of the 20th century Bich had focused his company on affordable products that simplify daily actions, so he decided to apply this same philosophy to the razor. -
DOVO Solingen invents a steel razor.
DOVO Solingen, or DOVO Steelware, or DOVO, is an independent German company, based in Solingen. They are a manufacturer of scissors, shaving equipment such as straight razors and safety razors, as well as manicure tools.
