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 ...

Every barber I’ve spoken to over the past four years agrees on one thing: Safety razors are one of the best ways to shave at home. Not only are safety razors less irritating than cartridge razors ...

If you have fine, straight facial hair, the popular multi-blade razor that dominates the grooming market and promises ultra-glide shaves without nicks or cuts will work fine. However, multi-blade ...

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 ...

Developed over a year by one of the world’s top design consultancies, OneBlade promises the world’s best shave without the blood. When I asked my dad to teach me to shave around age 13, anticipating a ...

In a 1990 consumer handbook, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that the U.S. produced 2 billion disposable razors and razor blades per year. There are now 80 million additional people ...

The market for women’s razors has grown past just the standard pink drugstore blades. Now subscription models offer refills delivered to your door, there are single-blade safety razors, and there are ...

Trying to reconcile a desire for smooth, hairless skin with an eco-conscious lifestyle can be, well, challenging. Most razors are designed for convenience, which is why billions of disposable plastic ...

Happy over winning a Federal court decision, the managers of the International Safety Razor Corp. last week hastened to advertise the sale of their corporate stock. The American Safety Razor Corp. had ...