Thread: Why is a str8 razor called str8???

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

*Why is the straight razor called just that...a straight razor??* . . . no singular definition (that I have found, at least) satisfies the question.

Every once in a while, someone posts a section of an old catalog from the late 1800s - early 1900s. In those catalogs they are only labeled "razors," not "straight razors." My thought is that "straight razor" is a recent nickname that may have originated in the U.S. after safety razors were developed in much the same as "cut throat" razor is the nickname popular in the U.K.

I guess I don't really have a question; it's more just an observation. In those old catalogs (the ones that I've seen posted on SRP), what we call a "barber's notch" razor the catalog labels a "hollow point" razor. I think "hollow point" is much cooler than "barber's notch."
Namaste,
Morty -_-