They are a manufacturer of scissors, shaving equipment such as straight razors and safety razors, as well as manicure tools.
Disposable bladed straights are used in the same way as straight razors but do not require stropping and honing.
They were immensely successful because of advertising campaigns and slogans denigrating the straight razor's effectiveness and questioning its safety.
Straight razors were the most common form of shaving before the 20th century and remained common in many countries until the 1950s.
Straight razors used for shaving must cut with minimal pressure, and thus must be very sharp with a small angle and often a hollow grind.
Men shaved with straight razors that needed sharpening every day using a leather strop.
For testing the sharpness of a straight razor, a traditional though dangerous test is to "place" a moistened thumb on the edge, and feel if it catches.
After a few weeks of this, he will come out of hiding and attack his victim with a straight razor, asking them to admit their dark secrets.
