Thread: Boot razor?

It was done. There was a time when razors were not considered weapons just yet, they were small and easily conceilable. And I guess it was a fad weapon just like th ebalisong which is meant primarily to look cool, but otherwise sucks as a knife.

Razors actually make lousy weapon for an actual fight. They easily break or chip, it might close on your own fingers, has no decent handle, etc. The one thing they're good for is quickly cutting up someone really bad if they can't fight back or are at least not armed themselves.

Originally Posted by Bruno

It was done. There was a time when razors were not considered weapons just yet, they were small and easily conceilable. And I guess it was a fad weapon just like th ebalisong which is meant primarily to look cool, but otherwise sucks as a knife.

Razors actually make lousy weapon for an actual fight. They easily break or chip, it might close on your own fingers, has no decent handle, etc. The one thing they're good for is quickly cutting up someone really bad if they can't fight back or are at least not armed themselves.

The people who carried them were experts with them and practised until they got it right. Yes, you could carry a small buck hunting knife but then you might kill someone. The idea was to just "mess em up bad" not inflict serious casualties and the straight was great. I've seen fights where a straight was used and the victim was covered with so much blood you'd think he would bleed to death but the actual wounds were not that deep.

Keep talking....

I was told (don't know the truth of it) that in the UK they were used as a weapon because the blade does not end in a point like a knife. Have a go at someone with a knife and the charge would be attempted murder, where as with a razor it would be an assault charge instead.

'No Mean City' as well as being a Biblical quote, is a 1935 novel about the razor gangs in Glasgow. My wife's first teaching post was in the Gorbals, the area of Glasgow where the novel is set.

Don't know about razors in boots but they were certainly used as a weapon.
Razor gang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is a modern "interpretation."

Tactical Razor | Skallywag Tactical

I love the razor scene in the movie "Reservoir Dogs". Michael Madsons character had a blade in his cowboy boots. Someone should have told Tarentino that a cut ear bleeds profusely.... I found out the hard way.

the razor in the boot is purely a self defence thing, just lkike in KILL BILL 2 when the main girl is buried alive in the coffin and she pulls the straigh from her boot to cut her hands free so she can 1 inch punch her way free from it LOL