IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "No Stropping, No Honing." As a young ...

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 ...

“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.

King C. Gillette transformed shaving by introducing the disposable blade safety razor. This innovation solved a daily ...

A 100-year-old Palm Springs compound built for King Camp Gillette, founder of a shaving empire, has hit the market for $6.5 million. Located in the affluent Mesa neighborhood, the property includes a ...