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03-05-2011, 03:02 AM #1Member
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Barber's notch
Why is it called that? Apologies but my simple mind wonders about such things.
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03-05-2011, 03:19 AM #2Senior Member
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Some say it's to make it easier to open the razor with one hand.
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03-05-2011, 03:23 AM #3Don't make me laugh..... Bitterly
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to my understanding the notch is used to open the razor on a pocket or the like so it can be opened with one hand for the barbers conviniance
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03-05-2011, 03:24 AM #4what Dad calls me
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Originally Posted by Miner123
Or to open it by catching the notch on the hem of a pocket and opening it that way.It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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03-05-2011, 03:27 AM #5This is not my actual head.
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I think it was a guy named Barber that invented it.
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03-05-2011, 03:29 AM #6Senior Member
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There are many theories and you'll probably get them all.
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03-05-2011, 03:47 AM #7Senior Member
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I never could figure out what use they are for shaving but I sure love the way they look.
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03-05-2011, 03:50 AM #8Member
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Haha, no doubt! Consider this question now forever solved. Originally Posted by HNSB
Most definitely make for some attractive blades. Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
I never could figure out what use they are for shaving but I sure love the way they look.
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03-30-2011, 09:30 PM #9Seudo Intellectual
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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.
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03-30-2011, 09:35 PM #10Customized
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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 itBjoernar
Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....
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