Double-sided safety straight razor

Abstract

In-line manual razor blade shaving devices feature an elongated frame having an elongated front cutter support portion arranged in-line with an elongated handle portion. The cutter support portion has first and second opposed sides upon which elongated razor blade structures, such as dual razor blade cartridges, are mounted. The elongated razor blade structures each feature at least one razor blade strip spaced from and arranged generally parallel to elongated front and rear guard portions. The guards define a working plane into which the razor blade edges of the razor blade structure project. The new in-line safety straight razors of the present invention may be utilized in a manner very much like the old unguarded in-line straight razor devices long used by barbers, except that front and rear guard portions help shield the exposed razor-sharp edges so as to minimize the occurrence of minor cuts, nicks and scrapes. The razor blades may be constructed from strips of flat metal alloy or other suitable material sharpened along one edge. The razor blades of the two razor blade structures on opposite sides of the front cutter support portion may be arranged to point slightly outwardly away from the central front cutter support portion, or they may be arranged to all point in the same direction, by virtue of the razor blade strips of the first and second razor blade head structures being arranged generally parallel to one another.