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    Why is it called that? Apologies but my simple mind wonders about such things.

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    Some say it's to make it easier to open the razor with one hand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KingOscar View Post
    Why is it called that? Apologies but my simple mind wonders about such things.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Miner123 View Post
    Some say it's to make it easier to open the razor with one hand.

    Or to open it by catching the notch on the hem of a pocket and opening it that way.
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    I think it was a guy named Barber that invented it.

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    There are many theories and you'll probably get them all.

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by HNSB View Post
    I think it was a guy named Barber that invented it.
    Haha, no doubt! Consider this question now forever solved.

    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    I never could figure out what use they are for shaving but I sure love the way they look.
    Most definitely make for some attractive blades.

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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.
    Last edited by Lazarus; 03-30-2011 at 09:35 PM.

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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 it
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    Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....


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