Schick (razors)

Schick (razors)

Schick is a brand of safety razors by Wilkinson Sword, a subsidiary of Energizer Holdings. It was founded in 1926 by Jacob Schick as the Magazine Repeating Razor Company. He sold this company in 1928 to start another company bearing his name which marketed his newly invented electric shavers. The Schick electric shaver company was sold in 1981 to Philips. In 1926, Schick introduced its highly successful single blade safety razor system, that stored twenty blades in a steel injector. While second in sales to Gillette globally, Schick is the top selling brand of safety razors and blades in Japan. The Schick brand is used in North America, Australia, Asia and Russia. In other markets Wilkinson sells the same products under the Wilkinson Sword brand.

Schick also markets shaving gels.