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If I do the relief cut and later replace the nut, The new nut fills the space neatly, needs no filler, and looks exactly the same size and shape as an original.
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If the slot is 0.010" wider and the new nut fills it, it is not exactly the same size as the original. It is 0.010" wider. It cannot look the same, at least not to someone who looks at vintage Martins every day.
I will not accept a nut that fits that loosely, for the following reasons.
When the strings are tightened prior to gluing the nut, either one of two things happens:
1) The nut slides away from the end of the fingerboard, leaving a gap.
2) The nut tilts, and is no longer flat against the end of the fingerboard.
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THERE'S NO CIRCUMSTANCE under which I would need to recut behind that nut OR ANY REPLACEMENT that wasn't potted in place. SO THERE'S NO GROWTH in the slot for that reason.
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What if a replacement nut is 'potted' in place? It does happen.