I've not done a search for threads related to this question but I doubt I'd find much. Somebody will prove me wrong now:-)
Anyway my question is this why are some razors magnatized? In fact some are heavily magnatized. I have one razor that is so magnatized it will pickup a large W&B wedge with no problem at all. I don't mean be careful and you can pickup one end I mean yank the whole razor up by the blade with no fear of dropping it. This particular razor is a Lauderjung in 5/8th inch size and is probably from the early 20th century. In fact when I take it out to use I have to be careful because it picks up whatever is next to it.
Any ideas on whey this is useful or why it was done?