There is no other article for individual use so universally known or widely distributed. In my travels I have found [the safety razor] in the most northern town in Norway and in the heart of the Sahara Desert.

A common greeting was 'Well, Gillette, how's the razor?' If I had been technically trained, I would have quit.

There is no other article for individual use so universally known or widely distributed. In my travels I have found [the safety razor] in the most northern town in Norway and in the heart of the Sahara Desert.

A successful razor can be made on the principles of the Gillette patent... and the advance of anything known can be reached.