A new study took a microscopic look at razors to determine why they go dull when cutting soft material such as hair. The team found that the angle of the hair can have a big impact on how dull the ...

Every morning dozens of men visit the Gillette Research and Development Labs in Reading just to shave. There they are watched by scientists through two way mirrors in little booths to see how exactly ...

As anyone with a television knows, shaving razors are high-tech. Men’s razors have gone from one blade to six, and they feature vibrating blades, rubber fins to stretch the skin and gooey strips to ...

September 16, 2005 The US$2 billion dollar shaving market was energized yesterday when market-leader Gillette announced it will introduce a five blade razor. Apart from being the first five blade ...

Why are razors so expensive? Because shaving is a science. There are more than 150 scientists with PhDs in topics like physics, materials science, and engineering in Reading, UK, that are watching ...

Shaving blades are made of stainless steel and coated with even harder materials such as diamond-like carbon. This is the reason why shaving blades are 50 times harder than human hair. Despite its ...