The crux of this very useful invention was the fact that you have return customers and like the printer! Even the printer manufacturer knows that the real money is not in the sale of printer but the cartridges!
This is something which you use to cut your face every day!
Now do not get any violent thoughts! Its Shaving Blade!
The best blades we used to have were the ones from Dad’s shaving razor! The rectangle shaped blade was so thin and sharp and many times rusted!
The good quality ones used to be more clean for longer duration! Talent was to break them into two blades each!
It was a thrill to see your dad shave using those blades which looked so dangerous! Of course many of us used to use that blade to sharpen our pencils! Sharpener was only during the initial days when the school began! Even otherwise though, it was better to sharpen the pencil with a blade since the sharpener those days would always break the lead! If you do not insert the pencil properly or if the lead is broken in an angle then the lead would not get sharpened properly and the pencil would go on getting broken and short!
Of course by the time we grew up, those razors were long gone! Now was the time of the disposable razors! Even though those razors were supposed to be used only once, we used to use them lots of times cutting our face all over! The end of every shave used to look like a war zone!
Later on the double blades and then the triple ones were the routine!
My present blade called the fusion is five! Unfortunately once you are used to the higher number, it is difficult to go down! The best shave is always the one with the new blade! Every day after that cutting experience goes down!
Looking at the history it has been seen that circular razors made of solid gold or copper can be found in some Egyptian tombs from as far back as the 4th millennium BC, though many other tools were used by men to shave their faces!
Apparently there are drawings on cave walls that show prehistoric people using clamshells, flint knives, and even shark teeth to shave!
A circa 1762 invention by French cutler Jean-Jacques Perret added a protective guard to a regular straight razor! This was a major step in the shaving area!
Of course the proper safety razor came later!
The first known occurrence of the term “safety razor” is found in a patent from 1880 for a razor in the basic contemporary configuration with a handle in which a removable blade is placed. Of course when it comes to shaving, then there is only Gillette! At least for now!
As a young man, King C. Gillette (1855-1932) worked as a traveling salesman. Always interested in inventions, King received a number of patents, none more important than one for a disposable safety razor blade.
In developing the blade, King was inspired by one of his employers, William Painter, who made his fortune inventing the disposable bottle cap!
Painter advised Gillette to invent another disposable item that would create a steady stream of return customers!
In 1895, Gillette worked out the idea for a razor blade that could be fit into a holder and replaced when dulled, thereby insuring a sharp blade for every shave! After an extensive search, Gillette found William Emery Nickerson, an MIT trained engineer, to produce the thin, sharpened steel blades he envisioned.
Now of course you do have many imitations but as far as shaving is concerned, Gillette blades are one of the best!
Also one of the best Padma winner is Dr Subroto Das! His efforts for highway accident victim support is simply remarkable!
He developed Lifeline Foundation which is a highway rescue response model that was among those used in designing EMS services in India.
It was noted that the foundation worked on utilizing existing healthcare infrastructure and coordinating with emergency rescue departments.
In 2007, Gujarat became the first state in India to pass Emergency Medical Services legislation, with Lifeline Foundation participating in the process!
Now he is a clear winner! Do you know him or about him!?
Well, now you do!
Shubh ratri!
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