“In 1895, when I, King Camp Gillette, was 40, I first thought of the safety razor.” So, a decade ago, wrote the father of a great company, a great industry. The proud ring in his words was justified.

This week, Gillette unveiled the latest weapon in the razor industry arms, featuring double-pivot FlexBall technology. But how have the company's razors changed over the years? This week, Gillette ...

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 ...

The man who founded the Gillette corporation, King Camp Gillette, had some surprising philosophical ideas. In 1894, Gillette published a book arguing that "our present system of competition" breeds ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "No Stropping, No Honing." As a young ...

Last month in the USA and Canada, the shaving giant Gillette, reacting to no public demand whatsoever, launched a five-bladed razor. Hundreds of millions of men, after all, are very happy with the ...