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Straight razor!
The first narrow-bladed folding straight razors were first manufactored in England in 1680 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_razor -
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Straight edge rules
Straight razors were the most common form of shaving before the 20th century and remained that common in many countries until the 1950s -
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progress!
It took six years for Gillette’s idea to evolve!During that time, technical experts told Gillette that it would be impossible to produce steel that was hard, thin, and inexpensive enough for commercial development of the disposable razor blade. Then in 1901, MIT graduate William Nickerson agreed to try. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blrazor.htm -
Birth of idea
Gillette one day while shaving had a brilliant idea . It was an entirely new razor and blade that flashed in his mind—a razor with a safe, inexpensive, and disposable blade! http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blrazor.htm -
Eureka!
By 1903, he had succeeded. Production of the Gillette ® safety razor and blade began as the Gillette Safety Razor. He startes his company operations in South Boston. Sales grew steadily. 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 razors and 32 million blades were put into military hands, thereby converting an entire nation to the Gillette safety razor.http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blra -
Patent!
On November 15, 1904, patent #775,134 was granted to King C. Gillette for the 'razor'. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blrazor.htm -
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Electric razorsss!
Although there were early experiments with clockwork and friction motor, electric razors didnt appear until the 1930s. The electric razor was a actually invented by Canadian Jacob Schick in the 1920s Read more: http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-History-Of-Electric-Razors/3009#ixzz27VNOrNVX
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Famous!
Schicks electric razor caught on, and by 1937 1.5 million were in use with its market worth $20 million. Read more: http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-History-Of-Electric-Razors/3009#ixzz27VPX8tOB
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SOLD! first electric razor sold.
He sold his first electric razor in 1931 for $25 in New York. In the same year he managed to sell a whopping 3,000 more. This version contained an oscillatig induction motor that drove a sliding cutter in a slotted shearing head. The motor had to actually be kick-started using an exposed turn wheel. All of these components were housed in a sleek, black device that could easily be held comfortably in one hand. Read more: http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-History-Of-Electric- -
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Competion
The Remington Close Shaver and the Sunbeam Shavemaster were also launched in 1937. The latter used a brush motor with a foil shearing head, which was certainly different than Schicks motor and slotted cutter. Read more: http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-History-Of-Electric-Razors/3009#ixzz27mkTIhUh
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Para Mujeres!
The razor continued to evolve and in the 1940s began to market towards women. -
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Evolution...
Both the razor and electric razor continue to evolve. Not much is changed. It is just modified as technology advances. Changes include more blades, wider bladers, smoother blades, easier grip, and better shaving creams. -
TODAY! Chordless, waterproof!
Todays electric razor are available chordless, waterproof and battery powered. Also of course much more smoother and efficent in shaving.
