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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 677302, member: 5833"]At the risk of sounding like we're holding a seder: How does a 'wedge blade' differ from all other kinds of blade? Is it meant to do the same job of shaving, except smoother, faster, some improvement over regular blades? Or was it used for some particular aspect of barbering, shaping mutton chop whiskers, let's say. They all seem to open with the same thumb-operated lever. Can't imagine it required 2 hands. </p><p><br /></p><p>This just in. Asked a man who thought purpose of notch was obvious: it's to allow the blade to get at areas like the upper lip where you have to get around the bottom edge of the nose & the philtrum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 677302, member: 5833"]At the risk of sounding like we're holding a seder: How does a 'wedge blade' differ from all other kinds of blade? Is it meant to do the same job of shaving, except smoother, faster, some improvement over regular blades? Or was it used for some particular aspect of barbering, shaping mutton chop whiskers, let's say. They all seem to open with the same thumb-operated lever. Can't imagine it required 2 hands. This just in. Asked a man who thought purpose of notch was obvious: it's to allow the blade to get at areas like the upper lip where you have to get around the bottom edge of the nose & the philtrum.[/QUOTE]
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