Meanwhile Gillette had to support his wife and offspring. To that end he came upon the much more practical notion of inventing a razor blade that could do away with honing by stropping, and could be ...
King C. Gillette transformed shaving by introducing the disposable blade safety razor. This innovation solved a daily ...
The Gillette Safety Razor Co. prints on the tasteful green wrappers of its blades, besides a handsome portrait of King C. Gillette, the words “NO STROPPING NO HONING.” Timid users of Gillette blades, ...
“In 1895, when I, King Camp Gillette, was 40, I first thought of the safety razor.” So, a decade ago, wrote the father of a great company, a great industry. The proud ring in his words was justified.