Thread: Barber's Notch?

Originally Posted by VeeDubb65

I think I already know the answer, but does a barber's notch serve any functional purpose, or just look really cool?

I recently found out the proper name for this style is a "hollow point". I guess it was just a style.

Originally Posted by Leighton

I'm going with the manual's answer. That makes perfect sense.

Unless you can't see people's warts/bumps through the lather. Then it stops making sense. The shape looks to be perfect for doing just that. And speaking from personal experience, bumps on the face bleed horribly when shaved.

Ya! Back then a graduate of the "Hornswaggle School of Doctoring and Barbering" would have charged extra to remove moles.

The barbers notch appears to have the hollowed out shape to allow a fingertip to be placed in it. I'm gonna plump with 'to help open it'.

It stops other people using the blade as a screwdriver.

Or perhaps its a thing for taking stones out of horses hooves?

Having no real expertise has never stopped me from rendering an opinion.

I thought it allowed a barber, when faced with a particularly difficult area to shave, to use both hands on the blade and perhaps be able to shave it with greater precision.

Great article! I never knew what that groove was for. I just assumed it was purely aesthetic.

Maybe you're supposed to use it to crack a beer open when you're done?

Originally Posted by sidneykidney

Maybe you're supposed to use it to crack a beer open when you're done?

I like the way you think! Or maybe it was just for decoration

I found a rock in belgium and honed a razor with it. I wonder if it was designed that way or if it was just decoration and I discovered a nice use for it?

Originally Posted by sidneykidney

Maybe you're supposed to use it to crack a beer open when you're done?

I'll drink to that!