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{{short description|Device to remove body hair}} {{Other uses}} {{Redirect-distinguish|Razor blade|Razer Blade}} {{Infobox tool | name = Razor | image = Quattro Titanium Energy.jpg | image size = 280 | caption = A modern razor that uses replaceable blade cartridges | image2 = Philips Norelco 9700 Rotary Electric Shaver (30973817280).jpg | image2 size = 280 | caption2 = A rotary-style electric razor | alt = | title = | other_name = | classification = [[Personal grooming]] device | types = {{Plainlist| * straight razor * single-edge safety razor * double-edge safety razor * cartridge razor * disposable razor * electric razor }} | used_with = [[Shaving cream]], [[Shave brush|shaving brush]], [[shaving soap]] | manufacturer = | model = | related = [[Electric razor]], [[straight razor]] }} A '''razor''' is a [[blade]]d [[tool]] primarily used in the removal of [[body hair]] through the act of [[shaving]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/razor|title=Definition of RAZOR|website=www.merriam-webster.com|access-date=5 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709064120/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/razor|archive-date=9 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Kinds of razors include [[straight razors]], [[safety razor]]s, disposable razors, and [[electric razors]]. While the razor has been in existence since before the [[Bronze Age]] (the oldest razor-like object has been dated to 18,000 BC<ref>{{cite book|last=Spielvogel|first=Jackson|title=World History|url=https://archive.org/details/glencoeworldhist00spie_738|url-access=limited|year=2005|location=New York|publisher=McGraw Hill|isbn=0-07-860702-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/glencoeworldhist00spie_738/page/n54 25]}}</ref>), the most common types of razors currently used are the [[safety razor]] and the electric razor. [[File:Magdalenenberg cut and shave.jpg|left|thumb|Razor (top) and [[nail cutter]] with bone handle (bottom) found in a grave of the [[Hallstatt culture]]|201x201px]]
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