Amateka y'urwembe ntabwo ari ngufi. Mu gihe cyose abantu bamaze gukura umusatsi, bagiye bashakisha uburyo bwo kogosha, ibyo ni kimwe no kuvuga ko abantu bagiye bagerageza gushaka uburyo bwo kogosha umusatsi.

Abagereki ba kera biyogoshesha kugirango birinde kumera nkabanyarugomo. Alexandre le Grand yizeraga ko mu maso h'ubwanwa hagaragazaga ingaruka mbi mu ntambara, kubera ko abamurwanyaga bashoboraga gufata umusatsi. Impamvu yaba imuteye yose, ukuza k'urwembe rwumwimerere rushobora kuba rwatangiye mu bihe byabanjirije amateka, ariko ntibyatinze nyuma, muri 18^thikinyejana i Sheffield, mu Bwongereza, ko amateka y'urwembe nkuko tubizi uyu munsi yatangiye rwose.

Mu myaka ya 1700 na 1800 Sheffield yari azwi nk'umurwa mukuru w’ibiti byo ku isi, kandi mu gihe muri rusange twirinda kuvanga ibikoresho bya feza n’ibikoresho byo kogosha, ni naho havumbuwe urwembe rugezweho. Nubwo bimeze bityo, urwembe, nubwo nta gushidikanya ko rwaruta abababanjirije, rwari rugifite uburemere, ruhenze, kandi rugoye gukoresha no kubungabunga. Ahanini, muriki gihe, urwembe rwari rukiri igikoresho cyabogosha babigize umwuga. Hanyuma, mu mpera za 19^thikinyejana, kwinjiza ubwoko bushya bwurwembe byahinduye byose.

Urwembe rwa mbere rw’umutekano rwatangijwe muri Amerika mu 1880.Icyuma cyogosha cy’umutekano cya mbere cyari gifite uruhande rumwe kandi gisa n'akabuto gato, kandi bari bafite umuzamu w'icyuma ku nkombe imwe kugira ngo bafashe kwirinda gukata. Hanyuma, mu 1895, Umwami C. Gillette yerekanye verisiyo ye yerekana urwembe rwumutekano, itandukaniro nyamukuru ni ukumenyekanisha icyuma cyogosha, gifite impande ebyiri. Ibyuma bya Gilette byari bihendutse, bihendutse mubyukuri mubyukuri wasangaga bihenze kugerageza kugumisha ibyuma byogosha byashaje kuruta kugura ibyuma bishya.