History of Gillette Razors
History of Gillette Razors
On November 15, 1904, patent was granted to King C. Gillette for a safety 'razor'. In 1895, after
several years of considering and rejecting possible inventions, Gillette suddenly had a brilliant
idea while shaving one morning. It was an entirely new razor and blade that flashed in his mind
--a razor with a safe, inexpensive, and disposable blade. It took six years for Gillette's idea to
evolve. During that time, technical experts told Gillette that it would be impossible to produce
steel that was hard, thin, and inexpensive enough for commercial development of the disposable
razor blade. Then in 1901, MIT graduate William Nickerson agreed to try. By 1903, he had
succeeded.
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