Before
Gillette
1762–Earliest Known
Description of a Guard Razor
– Jean-Jacques Perret
(France)
Courtesy Mauro Lorenzi
1847–First Patent for
a Hoe-Type Guard Razor
– William S. Henson, (England)
Courtesy Thorsten Sjölin
1864–First
U.S. Patent
for a "Safety-Guard
for Razors"
– John Kinloch
(U.S.)
1880–First U.S.
Patent for
a "Safety Razor"
– Frederic[k].
& Otto F. Kampfe (U.S.A.)
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First
Gillette Patents
1901–Razor
with
Flexible,
Disposable, Double-edge
Blade
–
King Camp Gillette (U.S.A.)
British
Patent 28763 - 1902
U.S. Patent
775134 -1904
U.S. Patent
775135 - 1904
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