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Well, it appears this article has been discussed before. So, for your reading pleasure, here is a link to the old thread:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/strops/22461-interesting-article.html

Here's an interesting article about razor edges from the October, 1931 issue of Popular Science. It's mainly concerned with DE blades, but some of it applies to straights as well:

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