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A safety razor is a Razor where the skin is protected from all but the very edge of the blade. These razors are referred to as "Safety" razors as opposed to the straight razor which is oftentimes referred to as a "cutthroat" razor. It is often thought that the safety razor was designed to eliminate the possibility of a user from injuring him/herself with the open blade of the straight razor. HISTORY Prior to the first Safety Razor Prior to the invention of the first safety razor most men used a Straight Razor . These razors are still available today by several different manufacturers. Invention The first safety razor was invented in the late 18th Century by a Frenchman, Jean-Jacques Perret, who was inspired by the Joiner's Plane . An expert on the subject, he also wrote a book called ''Pogonotomy or the Art of Learning to Shave Oneself''. In the late 1820s, a similar razor was made in Sheffield, England and from the 1870s, a single-edge blade, mounted on a hoe-shaped handle was available in Britain and Germany. None of these razors are considered to be true safety razors. Marketed as "the best available shaving method on the market that won’t cut a user, like straight steel razors," the first American safety razor was released in 1875 by the Kampfe Brothers. The new razor featured a wire skin guard along the razor’s edge. Only one side of the actual blade is used to shave and it must be removed often for sharpening. Gillette Innovation |
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