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Show 1 Barbers often assert that razors ' get tired of shaving, and that they 1 will perform satisfactorily if permitted to rest for a time. It has been found ' by microscopic examination that the ' tired razor, from long stropping by ' the same band and in thesamedirec-1 thesamedirec-1 tion, has the ultimate fibres of its Burlace or edge all arranged in one direction, like the edgo ot a piece of 1 cut velvet; but after a month's rest . these fibres rearrange themselves i heterogeneous!)', crossing each other and presenting a Baw-like edge, each I fibre supporting its fellow, and hence 3 cutting the beard instead of being forced down flat without cutting, as when laid by. |