Razor

Razor, a cutting tool, the type, form, and size of which depend on its purpose. For shaving hair, a folding razor with a blade sharpened equally concave on both sides (see Figure 1 A) is used, or else a safety American razor _gconsisting of a special attachment that screws onto a round handle, into which a thin, double-edged plate is inserted. In skin transplantation operations according to Tiersch, a B. is used, the blade of which is flat-ground on one side (see Figure 1 B). The same type of razor is also used in microscopic technique when a microtome is not available. Massive microtome razors: large Weir

Figure 1.

german (Weigert), similarly sharpened as the previous one (see Figure 2), and short ones for freezing microtomes. The blade of the B. is honed on a whetstone, followed by finishing

Figure 2.

Figure 3. on a leather strap, which requires skill and a special technique when turning the razor, which is done through the edge opposite the tip (see Figure 3). The best razors are considered to be Swedish, safety-American, and microtome-German.