Tag: safety razors

Over the last two decades, men have been subjected to a series of (often unnecessary) “upgrades” in cartridge shaving.  Two blades became three, three became five, and so on.  Despite the fact that men have been shaving for thousands of years, these cartridge systems do not necessarily represent an improvement and some of the newest […]

Safety razors are making a stealthy comeback, and not without good reason. While multi-blade razors have been the rage for the last several decades, safety razors were the first razor to be mass-produced and spread around the world. Their initial popularity was due to the fact that they provided a solution to the problems caused […]

As we’ve said before, the safety razor or double-edge razor is one of the best shaving tools you can buy to get a close, smooth shave. But the safety razor isn’t a tremendously new piece of technology. The Beginning of the Modern Safety Razor Before safety razors, straight razors were the common shaving tool. Of […]