For hundreds of years, a trained barber used an extremely sharp blade known as a straight razor to accomplish a close shave. When the first self-contained “safety razors” became widely available, many ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...