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handle by interposing "a hollow metallic blade-holder having a preferably removable handle and a flat plate in front, to which the blade is attached by clips and a pivoted catch, said plate having bars or teeth at its lower edge, and the lower plate having an opening, for the purpose set forth", which is to "insure a smooth bearing for the plate upon the skin, while the teeth or bars will yield sufficiently to allow the razor to sever the hair without danger of cutting the skin." The Kampfe
Brothers produced razors under their own name following the 1880 patent and improved the design in a series of subsequent patents. These models were manufactured under the "Star Safety Razor" brand.
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the same razor-head designs, differing primarily in the color, length, texture, material(s), and weight of the handles. Three-piece razors generally have interchangeable handles, and some companies specialize in manufacturing custom or high-end replacement handles. The butterfly safety razor utilizes a twist-to-open mechanism head to make changing the blade easy and convenient. Variations in razor head designs include straight safety bar (SB), open comb (OC)(toothed) bar, adjustable razors, and slant bar razors. The slant bar was a common design in
Germany in which the blade is slightly angled and curved along its length to make for a slicing action and a more rigid cutting edge.
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double-edge blades. The injector, itself, was also the first device intended to reduce the risk of injury from handling blades. The
Gillette blade dispenser released in 1947 had the same purpose. The narrow injector blade, as well as the form of the injector razor, also strongly influenced the corresponding details of the subsequently developed cartridge razors. Both injector blades and injector safety razors are still available on the market, from antique stock as well as modern manufacture. The injector blades have also inspired a variety of specialised blades for professional barber use, some of which have been re-adopted for shaving by modern designs.
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cartridge blade razors also having disposable handles. Cartridge blade razors are sometimes considered to be a generic category of their own and not a variety of safety razor. The similarities between single-edge cartridge blade razors and the classic injector razor do, however, provide equal justification for treating both categories contiguously.
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announced the "Trac 76", arranged as a chain of cartridges with a handle on each end. In the early 1990s, the (Australian) Late Show skitted a "Gillette 3000" with 16 blades and 75 lubricating strips as arrived at by working in conjunction with the help of NASA scientists - "The first blade distracts
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with double-edge safety razors as part of their standard field kits (delivering a total of 3.5 million razors and 32 million blades for them). The returning soldiers were permitted to keep that part of their equipment and therefore retained their new shaving habits. The subsequent consumer demand for
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estimated that almost a billion men were shaving with double-edge razors. Better known manufacturers include Edwin Jagger, Feather, iKon, Lord, Mühle, Merkur, and Weishi, with several of them producing razors that are marketed under other brands. Often different models of razors within a brand share
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The first safety razors used a single-edge blade that was essentially a 4 cm (1.6 in) long segment of a straight razor. A flat blade that could be used alternately with this "wedge" was first illustrated in a patent issued in 1878, serving as a close prototype for the single-edge blade in
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Frederic and Otto Kampfe of Brooklyn, New York, and issued the following month. This differed from the Henson design in distancing the blade from the
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with its "Ever-Ready" series, and the Gem
Cutlery Company with its "Gem" models. Although these brands of single-edge razors are no longer in production, they are readily available in antique trade, and compatible modern designs are being made. Blades for them are still being manufactured both for
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The basic form of a razor, "the cutting blade of which is at right angles with the handle, and resembles somewhat the form of a common hoe", was first described in a patent application in 1847 by
William S. Henson. This also covered a "comb tooth guard or protector" which could be attached both to
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Gillette has also produced powered variants of the Mach3 (M3Power, M3Power Nitro) and Fusion (Fusion Power and Fusion Power
Phantom) razors. These razors accept a single AAA battery which is used to produce vibration in the razor; this action was purported to raise hair up and away from the skin
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introduced the disposable razor. Instead of being a razor with a disposable blade, the entire razor was manufactured to be disposable. Gillette's response was the Good News disposable razor which was launched on the US market in 1976 before the Bic disposable was made available on that market.
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Wilkinson released its "Bonded Shaving System", which embedded a single blade in a disposable polymer plastic cartridge. A flurry of competing models soon followed with everything from one to six blades, with many
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in the 1920s. This uses narrow blades stored in an injector device with which they are inserted directly into the razor, so that the user never needs to handle the blade. The injector blade was the first to depart from the rectangular dimensions shared by the wedge, standard single-edge, and
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ran a parody commercial advertising the "Spishak Mach 20" with blades that variously "cut(s) away that pesky second layer of skin" and "gently smooth(s) out the jawbone" culminating in a blade that "destroys the part of the brain responsible for hair growth." In 2004, a satirical article in
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which can be made extremely sharp, but corrodes relatively easily. Safety razor blade life may be extended by drying the blades after use. Salts from human skin also tend to corrode the blades, but washing and carefully drying them can greatly extend their life.
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and was essentially a straight razor with its blade surrounded by a wooden sleeve. The earliest razor guards had comb-like teeth and could only be attached to one side of a razor; a reversible guard was one of the first improvements made to guard razors.
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replacement blades put the shaving industry on course toward its present form with Gillette as a dominant force. Prior to the introduction of the disposable blade, users of safety razors still needed to
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the edges of their blades. These are not trivial skills (honing frequently being left to a professional) and remained a barrier to the ubiquitous adopting of the "be your own barber" ideal.
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into which it does not fully retract before the second blade cuts it further. The extent to which this is of practical consequence has, however, been questioned.
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strip above the razor, resulting in the Good News Plus. The purported benefit of the aloe strip is to ease any discomfort felt on the face while shaving.
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its present form. New single-edge razors were developed and used side by side with double-edge razors for decades. The largest manufacturers were the
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Merkur 38C double-edge safety razor with a package of
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Cutting Edge: Gillette's Journey to Global Leadership
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670:"Gillette and the Men's Wet-Shaving Market"
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779:"Inject Into Razor From Metal Clip"
422:Gillette Fusion five-blade cartridge
1436:A Safety Razor Compendium: The Book
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1005:. 15 September 2005. Archived from
908:"How to Use Your Double-Edge Razor"
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785:. Hearst Magazines. October 1934.
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1219:"How to Sharpen Old Razor Blades"
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968:Adams, Cecil (25 November 1983).
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2782:American inventions
2724:Eponymous hairstyle
2610:Haircare techniques
2601:Hair texture powder
2459:Frictional alopecia
1155:on 10 November 2014
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888:on 21 December 2007
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156:shaving implement
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1971:Layered hair
1896:Frosted tips
1886:French twist
1881:French braid
1826:Digital perm
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2678:Hair growth
2617:Backcombing
2531:Conditioner
2454:universalis
2216:Facial hair
2166:Temple fade
2156:Surfer hair
1926:Hi-top fade
1906:Hair twists
1866:Finger wave
1568:by location
1388:31 December
1362:29 November
1352:PrimandPrep
1300:9 September
1191:17 February
1129:21 November
1064:25 November
892:17 February
848:13 November
690:17 November
514:razor steel
258:World War I
200:, when the
125:Société Bic
121:(cartridge)
2766:Categories
2683:Trichology
2476:Management
2292:toothbrush
2255:Soul patch
2250:Shenandoah
2136:Spiky hair
2131:Short hair
2061:Punch perm
1996:Marcelling
1966:Laid edges
1956:Kinky hair
1951:Jheri curl
1851:Extensions
1831:Dreadlocks
1801:Curly hair
1756:Caesar cut
1661:Afro puffs
1642:hairstyles
1523:Human hair
1206:Waits 2014
1159:8 November
1038:13 January
980:20 October
834:"About Us"
766:Waits 2013
735:Waits 2013
629:Waits 2014
592:Waits 2014
570:References
397:hysteresis
194:disposable
2734:Good hair
2591:Volumizer
2432:disorders
2342:threading
2309:Sideburns
2282:horseshoe
2277:handlebar
2272:Fu Manchu
2267:Moustache
2245:Ned Kelly
2235:Chinstrap
2171:Titus cut
2161:Taper cut
2086:Razor cut
2051:Pompadour
2046:Pixie cut
1981:Long hair
1961:Kiss curl
1846:Eton crop
1841:Edgar cut
1821:Dido flip
1771:Comb over
1617:Abdominal
1118:CNN Money
1086:The Onion
768:, p. 264.
575:Citations
483:stainless
458:The Onion
382:In 1974,
202:U.S. Army
186:stropping
85:Used with
2627:Crimping
2551:Hot comb
2439:Alopecia
2421:straight
2411:electric
2357:electric
2352:chemical
2347:plucking
2325:cosmetic
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2186:Undercut
2151:Step cut
2106:Shape-up
2096:Ringlets
2056:Ponytail
1991:Lovelock
1916:Hime cut
1876:Fontange
1856:Fauxhawk
1836:Ducktail
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