Shaving razor was essentially a small piece of a straight razor attached to a handle using a clamp mechanism. Before each shave the blade had to be attached to a special holder, stropped with a leather belt, and placed back into the razor. After a time, the blade needed to be honed by a cutler. In 1895, King Camp Gillette invented the double-edged safety razor, which utilised inexpensive, disposable blades sharpened from two sides. It took him until 1901 to build a working, patentable model, and commercial production began in 1903. The razor gained popularity during World War I when the
Battlestar Galactica: Razor Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, losing to an episode of "Doctor Who". It also received two Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nominations, for its cinematography and its sound mixing. Battlestar Galactica: Razor Battlestar Galactica: Razor is a television film of the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It premiered in the United States on Sci-Fi, in Canada on the Space channel and in the United Kingdom on Sky One. "Razor" takes place during the first thirty days of Lee Adama's "Pegasus" command during the period originally covered in the second half of season 2, after the episode "The Captain's