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Clockwise from top: Josh Rigg won our Good Design Is Long Lasting competition back in 2011 with this drawing of the Sixtant SM31 (1962); Cassett (1970); Sixtant Color (1971); Silk-épil EE-1 (1989); SM5 Commander (1963)... read on for more on each one Shaving has been around for a long time. In the 4th Century B.C. Alexander the Great, an early proponent of shaving, ordered his troops to do it. Alexander had observed that beards were a martial liability for soldiers; if you didnt remove your own facial hair, your opponent would do it for you—by using your beard to grab your face. Two dozen centuries later, in 1930s Germany, a fellow named Max Braun was also concerned with removing mens facial hair, though in a more civilized manner: Using precision-machined blades and a small electric motor. Using an electric machine rather than water and lather to shave your face was a fairly new concept, with the electric razor having been invented only the decade before in America; but Bra ... More

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