Kogosha byabaye igice cyingenzi muburyo bwo gutunganya abagabo, kandi ibikoresho byakoreshejwe kogosha byahindutse cyane mugihe. Amateka y'urwembe rw'abagabo yatangiriye mu mico ya kera, igihe abagabo bakoreshaga amabuye y'icyuma n'umuringa. Kurugero, Abanyamisiri bakoresheje urwembe rwumuringa nko mu 3000 mbere ya Yesu, byerekana akamaro ko kwirimbisha umuntu mumico yabo.

Igihe kirenze, ibishushanyo byogosha nibikoresho nabyo byateye imbere. Kuza urwembe rugororotse mu kinyejana cya 17 byaranze iterambere rikomeye. Ubusanzwe urwembe rwakozwe mubyuma byujuje ubuziranenge kandi bisaba ubuhanga nubuhanga bwo gukoresha neza. Abagabo bakundaga kujya kogosha kogosha babigize umwuga, kuko urwembe rugororotse rusaba ikiganza gihamye hamwe nuburambe.

Mu kinyejana cya 20 hashyizweho urwembe rw’umutekano, rwahimbwe n’Umwami Kemp Gillette mu 1901.Ubu bushya bwatumye kogosha neza kandi byoroha ku bagabo basanzwe. Urwembe rwumutekano rwaje rufite abarinzi bagabanya ibyago byo gukata no guterwa, bituma abagabo bogosha murugo bafite ikizere. Urwembe rushobora gukoreshwa rwamenyekanye cyane, ruzana ibyoroshye twishimira uyu munsi.

Mu myaka yashize, isoko ryiyongereyeho urwembe rwinshi, hamwe na marike nka Gillette na Comfort iyoboye iyo nzira. Urwembe mubusanzwe rufite ibyuma bitatu kugeza kuri bitanu, bigabanya uburakari kandi bigatanga kogosha hafi. Byongeye kandi, iterambere ryikoranabuhanga ryatumye habaho urwembe rwamashanyarazi, rutanga ubundi buryo bwihuse kandi bunoze muburyo bwo kogosha gakondo.

Muri iki gihe, abagabo bafite amahitamo atandukanye iyo bigeze ku cyogosho, uhereye ku cyuma cyogosha cyogosha kugeza ku cyuma cyogukoresha amashanyarazi. Buri cyogosho gifite ibyiza n'ibibi byacyo, kandi bikwiranye nubwoko butandukanye bwuruhu. Mugihe imyambarire ikomeje kugenda itera imbere, urwembe rukomeza kuba igice cyingenzi mubikorwa byumuntu byita kumuntu, bikubiyemo imigenzo nudushya.