On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:14:32 -0700 (PDT), the infamous
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following:

Is there some abrasive in my beard?

Yes. Keratin is tough stuff. Oils in your hair collect dirt and
minerals, too.


Is the water corroding the edge?

Yes, as are your facial oils and sweat. And the steel is extremely
thin, the edge very fine.


Could they make razors with carbide?

Dunno. I think steels have a finer crystalline structure for better
edges. If they could make them, they'd be a whole lot pricier than
carbon steels.

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If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we
shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
-- Samuel Butler