Why is it called that? Apologies but my simple mind wonders about such things.
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Why is it called that? Apologies but my simple mind wonders about such things.
Some say it's to make it easier to open the razor with one hand.
I think it was a guy named Barber that invented it.
There are many theories and you'll probably get them all. :D
I never could figure out what use they are for shaving but I sure love the way they look. :)
Here is a new theory on this I just heard. It is for when a barber had a customer with a mole or a wart or something on their face that they didn't want to accidentally slice off. After the barber had the customer all lathered up they might forget about the danger area so they would place the tip of the blade - the notch - down on the mole or wart and give the razor a turn (like using a compass to draw a circle) to outline that area in the lather so they wouldn't slice into it.
There are more than one theory on why it's called that, in fact, it might not have been called that at all way back when.
The WIKI lists a few theories about it