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It was worse than that - you couldn't get a good seal on the gas mask with a beard, so the mustard gas or the gas-of-the-day would seep in. Guys that weren't clean-shaven 24x7 tended to not come...

As well as itinerant peddlers who offered honing services. My great grandfather who lived out in the boonies of Louisiana used to get his razors honed occasionally by the tinkers when they came...