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Like mine... notches so the grate of the grill nicely fit the spatula.
The spatula can reach under meat and fish gaining more leverage
to lift the food from the furious fanned flames of my grill.

+1 exactly so...
For custom shops it is a do not care.

Yep a contentious topic.
Stock removal is another way to say waste removal
and waste is money lost in any process. The astoundingly
high quality steel we enjoy for razors has been rare and
is...

Well I do not make razors so take my bias with a grain of salt.
But bias is what lets me bid $4.00 on an old rusty junker then after
sanding and fiddling on the hones I permit myself to imagine...

Of all the serious answers in this thread I like this one.

If I watch the videos of Dovo or TI modern shops they now use heavy
powered hammer to forge the shape in one or two blows. In some...

In my limited research the notch has been used
by folk restoring razors to adjust the balance of the
razor. Search the archives to find razors balanced
on small shiny anvils.