Quote Originally Posted by 94Terp View Post
... why bring a one trick pony?
Nobody wants to get cut.

Properly handled a razor does much more than cut - it creates ingress, egress, manages, motivates or supresses the action(s) of others. I don't recommend this line of thinking but, for short duration, they are cheap, disposible, unambiguous, silent, quick and produce a large measure of situational control in the right hands.