Before Gillette: The Quest for a Safe Razor - Inventors and Patents 1762-1901A book for the barberiana collector or anyone curious about the history of safety razors before Mr. Gillette's invention. The stories of inventors and patents, plus numerous photographs of collectible safe shaving devices. Index. |
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Contents
RAZOR GUARDS AND GUARD RAZORS 1799 1882 THREE | |
RASOIR À RABOT THE PIG SCRAPER FOUR | |
THE RISE OF THE HOE 18851889 | |
MORE GUARD RAZORS 18851901 SEVEN | |
DR SCOTT AND HIS SAFETY RAZORS 1886 EIGHT | |
THE J R TORREY RAZOR COMPANY NINE | |
THE HOE PREVAILS 18911903 | |
THE GRIFFON SAFETY RAZOR 1893 TWELVE | |
GEM RS AND ASR 18981905 THIRTEEN | |
THE UNDISCOVERED FOURTEEN | |
MECHANICAL SHAVERS 18921901 EPILOGUE | |
PREFACE Dedication | |
Lulu Enterprises | |
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Common terms and phrases
adjustment advertisement Aloe’s American Safety Razor assigned August Bernard Levine blade holder bladeholder born British patent Brooklyn circa claim clamp comb guard Courtesy of G Curley Cutlery cutting edge Dave Grant Don Perkins England EverReady father filed folding razor Frederick Gem Cutlery Gem Junior Germany Gillette Gillette Company Gillette Stadium Gillette’s Griffon guard razor handle Henson Herbrand holder for stropping Ideal Safety Razor Ingersoll invention inventor issued John John Monks Kampfe Brothers Kampfe Star Keating lithographed tin Lorenzi Louis manufacturing Massachusetts metal Nickerson Otto patent date patent drawing pivoted plate razor blade Razor Company razor guard razor head Reichard & Scheuber roller guard safety razor patent Schmitz Scott screw Sears Sheffield Silberstein singleedge sold Solingen Southington Springfield Star razors straight razor Street stropping machine thin Torrey Razor trademark wedge blade Wilkinson Wilkinson Sword Wusthof Yankee York City
Bibliographic information
| Title | Before Gillette: The Quest for a Safe Razor - Inventors and Patents 1762-1901 |
| Author | Robert K. Waits |
| Publisher | Lulu Press, Inc, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1257216023, 9781257216024 |
| Subjects | › Crafts & Hobbies / General |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |