It is not surprising that the expression “a close shave” is used to describe a dangerous, often near-death experience.

Was there ever a thing so misnamed as safety razors? Safer than what? For decades, men went to work with little pieces of tissue attached to their faces to staunch the bleeding. All the same, as city ...

For hundreds of years, a trained barber used an extremely sharp blade known as a straight razor to accomplish a close shave. When the first self-contained “safety razors” became widely available, many ...

Shaving once required a skilled barber with a steady hand and a sharp straight razor. Any attempt to duplicate the act at home usually ended in bloodshed. In 1904, King Gillette introduced the first ...

Was there ever a thing so misnamed as safety razors? Safer than what? For decades, men went to work with little pieces of tissue attached to their faces to staunch the bleeding. All the same, as city ...