Razor razors were the most common form of shaving before the 20th century and remained common in many countries until the 1950s. Barbers were specially trained to give customers a thorough and quick shave, and a collection of straight razors ready for use was a common sight in most barbershops. Barbers still have them, but they use them less often. Straight razors eventually fell out of fashion. Their first challenger was manufactured by King C. Gillette: a double-edged safety razor with replaceable blades. Gillette's idea was the use of the "loss leader" concept, in which the razors were sold at a
Razor (character) flesh. Hartsoe first published "Razor" after founding London Night Studios with $1200 that he received in an income tax refund. With the book's violent content and "pin-up friendly" artistic style, Razor is often considered part of the "bad girl" genre that rose in popularity during the early-mid-1990s. "Razor Annual" #1, published in 1993, contained the first appearance of Shi. Writer-artist Eric Powell's first paid job in comics was drawing three issues of "Razor". The series also featured early artwork by Georges Jeanty. She had a Swimsuit Special in 1995 (a pin-up edition with various artists including Mike Wolfer) It was