Did King Camp Gillette really invent the safety razor? Gillette's invention was indeed a true innovation – a razor with a thin, two-edged flexible blade intended to be discarded when dull.
But prior to Gillette many inventors had attempted to devise a razor safer than the common folding 'cut throat' variety. Here's a sampling of a few of Gillette's predecessors up to the invention of the Kampfe Star razor in 1880, the first razor to be called a 'safety.'
(via Everlasting Blort)
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