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Well..The 1904 Gillette Patent Stopped Anybody Legally Using a DE System Until the Patents Expired in 1921..This was about the Same Time as the Great Depression..But..It Opened the Door for Other Companies to Compete with them..Which they Obviously Did..Profits Plummeted..King Gillette Almost Ruined the Company by Breaching a Patent that Auto Strop took them to Court for..Gillette was Basically Taken Over by Auto Strop Management..OK, however I stand by my theory that they switched to safety bar razors as they simply shave smoother on the whole for most (note I did not say all) men and Gillette at that point in time needed a "home run" as they had lost tons of $$ due to encroaching competition & the Great Depression.
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-gillette-company-history/
King Gillette Died a Broken Man about 9 Months Later in his Chair..Ta Ta..
Billy