The Evolution of Shaving from Knives, To Scissors To Gillette

Shaving is as old as humankind. We read about it in both the historical and religious books. Men of old used to shave, and it was not something that just came the other day.

Shaving has been evolving and so the tools of shaving. A long time ago, people used to use knives to shave. Yes, knives. What they used to do was wash their heads or chin mostly with soap, and they move the knife over it. It used to be painful though. If there is someone still existing and he/she used a knife to shave, they should be in the archives by now.

Then came the age of using razor blades. This was common among those rural mothers who would pass that razor blade over your head like pros but leaving some hair here and there, making your head look like a rained on chicken. Those who were born and brought up in towns and cities don’t know this.

What about the error of scissors? Scissors are still being used for shaving in most parts of the country. Most of the Millennials have never used a scissor to shave either their head or those fibers on their chins. If you have never used a scissor to cut your hair, we can conclusively tell when you were born. Simply, you are a millennial.

But the coming of Gillette in the shaving world has been revolutionizing the ‘shaving sector.’ Since the 1960s, Gillette has been evolving in its blades and so is the shaving. In 1965, for instance, Gillette had one blade, improved to two blades in 1971, three blades in 1998 and six blades in 2010 with a target of 20 blades by 2020.

On 29^th of June, Gillette will be holding a historical event, where more than 3000 men will be shaving at the same time at Kenyatta University, main campus in Nairobi.