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 Kinlochn(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
–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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