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Henson Shaving

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Kitchener, Ontario maker of the AL13 aluminum and Ti22 titanium single-blade safety razors, machined to aerospace tolerances at the founders' own aerospace machine shop, sold direct, on Amazon.ca, and through independent shave shops; the bundled RK blades are made in India and the shave cream line in the United States.

Kitchener, ON CA · hensonshaving.com

84.0

Henson Shaving is a Kitchener, Ontario razor brand started in 2020 by two machinists at an aerospace shop that has made satellite and rover components for 20 years. The AL13 and Ti22 razors are machined, assembled, and packaged at that Ontario facility, while the RK blades shipped with them are made in India and the three-step skincare line is made in the United States. It sells direct, through its Amazon.ca store, and through independent shave shops in Canada and abroad.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor describes itself as two machinists who started the razor line in 2020 inside an aerospace shop they have run for 20 years, and its privacy policy gives a Kitchener, Ontario address; no parent, investor, or acquisition turned up. Corporations Canada returned zero results for Henson Shaving and Henson Aerospace, so the legal entity is most likely an Ontario corporation, and the Ontario Business Registry could not be checked, so the legal name and shareholders are unconfirmed. The CANADA List corroborates Canadian ownership.

Manufacturing

79.0 reported

CA 80% · other 10% · US 10%

The vendor states its razors are fully designed, manufactured, assembled, and packaged at its aerospace facility in Ontario, Canada, that the RK Stainless blades are made and packaged in India, and that the Protect shave cream is made in the USA. The razors are the core of the range at 79 to 250 dollars, so the split weights Canada heavily with small Indian and American shares for the blades and skincare; it is an estimate, not a published revenue split.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The only address the vendor publishes is on Breithaupt Street in Kitchener, Ontario, and it describes a single aerospace facility in Ontario where the razors are machined, so this is treated as a single-site business. No careers page or employee count was found.

Inputs

35.5 inferred

CA 35% · other 40% · US 25%

The vendor does not disclose where its aircraft aluminum and titanium bar stock comes from, the RK blades that ship with every razor and as 100 packs are made in India, and the skincare line is made in the United States. The split is an estimate that credits Canadian machining labour and packaging, assigns the imported blades and undisclosed metal stock mostly to other countries, and leaves a US share for the skincare and metal supply. The storefront runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform, alongside Amazon.

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