Abstract: A safety razor for personal grooming having a handle, a cap, an attachment mechanism, a double sided base plate, and a double edged safety razor blade. The double sided base plate comprising a central aperture for enabling the engagement between the handle and the cap; a first side having a first angled blade-engaging surface opposite a second angled blade-engaging surface, the first and second blade engaging surfaces defining a respective first and second blade gap when the razor blade is secured between the cap and the first side of the double sided base plate; and a second side having a third angled blade-engaging surface opposite a fourth angled blade-engaging surface, the third and fourth blade engaging surfaces defining a respective third and fourth blade gap when the razor blade is secured between the cap and the second side of the double sided base plate.

Abstract: A safety razor for personal grooming is disclosed. The safety razor includes a handle, a cap, and a base plate that has blade-engaging surfaces that define the razor blade angle when clamped between the cap and the base plate. The base plate can be double-sided to provide a second angled blade-engaging surface that defines a second razor blade angle when the razor blade is clamped between the second side of the base plate and the cap. The modular base plate allows a shaver to replace or flip, in the case of double-sided base plates, the base plate in order to change the blade angle and the aggressiveness of the shave from the safety razor.