IN THE shaving world, there are two camps: the people who swear by multi-blade cartridge razors and those who favor old-school single blades. The reason is that everyone is after a perfectly close, ...

Claim: There is a better way to shave than with a cartridge razor. After testing out a safety razor for the past two months, I can say with great confidence: there is a better way to shave. Now that ...

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 first ...

Past being a cost-effective, eco-friendly addition to your grooming routine, the best safety razors for beginners offer a closer shave with less irritation than disposable razors — even for safety ...

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Not to be overly dramatic, but the history of razors has greatly echoed that of the last ice age. Razor manufacturers added blades the way the planet added glaciers — but at some point you knew the ...

The market for women’s razors has grown past just the standard pink drugstore blades. Now subscription models offer refills delivered to your door, there are single-blade safety razors, and there are ...

Was there ever a thing so misnamed as safety razors? Safer than what? For decades, men went to work with little pieces of tissue attached to their faces to staunch the bleeding. All the same, as city ...

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Happy over winning a Federal court decision, the managers of the International Safety Razor Corp. last week hastened to advertise the sale of their corporate stock. The American Safety Razor Corp. had ...