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Most Western men have spent a good part of their lives on the end of a shaver. But the humble shaver has come a long way since the caveman first practiced hair removal. So here follows a short history of the humble razor.

Based on cave-painting and artefacts found, it is clear cavemen had practiced hair removal. Some archaeologists think it was to reduce the number of mites living on the skin, other think it was just part of the body adornment desires. The sharp edges of flint or sea shells would be used to scrape over the skin. Not very sophisticated but it worked.

The first real razors, as we know them, were found in India and Egypt. These were copper and the year was 3000 BC. The wild Scandinavians were being buried with their razors. The items found in burial mounds were often ornately carved.

From then until the eighteenth century razor were just variations on this sharp blade theme. At times the practice of hair removal lost favor, but it always came back.

In the 18th century there were two new leaps forward. The Perret Razor was developed. This was an early attempt at a safety razor. The mechanism was a wooden L-shaped case which held the blade and prevented it from cutting too deep. And in England Sheffield steel improved the cutting ability of the blade, but it was found to go dull quickly.

In America in 1895, King Gillette, a salesman in Baltimore hit upon the idea of a disposable razor blade. He was so serious about the idea he formed a working partnership with an engineer from M. I. T to improve the design, the result was a double edged disposable blade. It was quickly a sales success with sales jumping in just one year to over 90, 000 razors and 123, 000 blades.

The next big invention had it roots in the First World War. Here an army Colonel, Schick, thought the principle of the repeating rifle could be applied to the razor. From this he invented the repeating razor with its blades stored in the handle. While the idea was good he thought he could do better and so sold the rights to this so he could fund the electric shaver.

Since then the disposable razor and the dry electric shaver have been improved upon, but the basic concept remains true to these originals.