Don't miss out on the headlines from Today in History. Followed categories will be added to My News. In what appears an inspired move, given the average man spends 3000 hours of his life in a ...

1931: The first practical, electric shavers go on sale. They’re definitely a cut above their clumsy predecessors. The gizmos were the brainchild of Jacob Schick. He served in the U.S. Army in ...

American soldier and inventor Jacob Schick, born 140 years ago today patented the first electric razor in 1928. In what appears an inspired move, given the average man spends 3000 hours of his ...

Schick sold over a million electric razors in two years, at $25 each. But while he was a great inventor, Schick was no accountant, and it wasn't long before the taxman came after him. In 1935 ...

But Schick electric shavers did not appear on the market until 1931, and these first hand-made models sold at $25. Many a man began to wonder how he had got along without one.

BOSTON -- The battle of the blades is becoming even more cut throat. Word in the shaving industry is that Schick plans to introduce the world's first four-blade razor later this year a bid to slice… ...

American Jacob Schick, born 140 years ago on September 16, 1877, patented the first electric razor in 1928. After selling an existing razor businesses, his Schick Dry Razor Company produced its ...

1931: The first practical, electric shavers go on sale. They’re definitely a cut above their clumsy predecessors. The gizmos were the brainchild of Jacob Schick. He served in the U.S. Army in ...