THE ELECTRIC DRY RAZOR 1929
In 1910, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Schick was mining for gold in Alaska and British Columbia when he got fed up with having to lather up to shave in the freezing weather. He sketched his idea for an electric dry razor while stuck in camp with a sprained ankle. Colonel Schick sent his plans to various manufacturers, but they were rejected. He put the idea on hold with the advent of World War I, when he returned to active duty. In 1919 he left the Army and resumed his quest, starting Magazine Repeating Razor Co. There Schick developed the so-called injector razor (keep the handle, swap the blades). Still dreaming of a dry shave, Schick sold Magazine Repeating Razor to fund Schick Dry Shaver. His electric dry shaver reached the market in 1929.