Imbali yencakuba ayikho mfutshane. Kudala abantu bekhulisa iinwele, bebekhangela iindlela zokuzicheba, nto leyo efana nokuthi abantu bebesoloko bezama iindlela zokuzicheba.

AmaGrike aMandulo ayechetywa ukuze aphephe ukubonakala njengamabhari. UAlexander Omkhulu wayekholelwa ukuba ubuso bentshebe bubonisa ukungahambi kakuhle ekulweni, njengoko abachasi banokubamba iinwele. Nokuba siyintoni na isizathu sokuba, ukufika kwencakuba yantlandlolo kunokubuyiselwa kumaxesha angaphambi kwembali, kodwa akuzange kube kudala emva koko, kwi-18.^thkwinkulungwane eSheffield, eNgilani, ukuba imbali yencakuba njengoko sisazi namhlanje yaqala ngokwenene.

Ngeminyaka yoo-1700 kunye no-1800s iSheffield yayisaziwa njengekomkhulu lokusika lehlabathi, kwaye ngeli lixa siphephe ukuxuba izinto zesilivere kunye nezixhobo zokutsheva, yayikwalapho kwayilwa khona incakuba ethe ngqo yangoku. Sekunjalo, ezi ncakuba, nangona ngokungathandabuzekiyo zazingcono kunezo zangaphambili, ngandlel’ ithile zazingenamandla, zibiza imali eninzi, yaye kunzima ukuzisebenzisa nokuzilungisa. Ubukhulu becala, ngeli xesha, iincakuba zazisasetyenziswa ubukhulu becala abachebi beenwele. Emva koko, ekupheleni kwe-19^thkwinkulungwane, ukuqaliswa kohlobo olutsha lwencakuba yatshintsha yonke into.

Iincakuba zokuqala zokhuseleko zaveliswa eUnited States ngowe-1880. Ezi ncakuba zangaphambili zokhuseleko zazicalanye yaye zifana nekhuba elincinane, yaye zazinonogada wentsimbi ecaleni kwelinye ukuze zikhuseleke ekusikeni. Kwandula ke, ngowe-1895, uKumkani uC. Gillette wazisa eyakhe inguqulelo yencakuba yokhuseleko, umahluko omkhulu kukuqaliswa kwencakuba elahlayo, entlangothi-mbini. Iincakuba zeGilette zazingabizi kakhulu, kangangokuba kwakudla ngokubiza imali eninzi kakhulu ukuzama ukugcina iincakuba zeencakuba zokhuseleko ezindala kunokuthenga iincakuba ezintsha.