Thread: Anyone here ever used a razor as a weapon?

Originally Posted by chee16

this reminded me of a quote from one of Bruce Lees books on training where he states that someone with a weapon is usually easier to defend against because you typically know where the attack is coming from, because who pulls out a knife and then hits you with the opposite hand. i know that Lee wasn't the first one to state this but i am not a martial arts person so it kind of stuck in my head. (sorry this isn't exactly on topic).

i tried to tell my dad that a straight razor is less dangerous in a fight then a regular knife with a point and he wasn't buying it. i have never been in any significant fight, let alone a knife fight but i can't believe that a straight would be easy to stab with, and slashing wouldn't be all that easy either since the blade doesn't lock. i am in no way trained in such matters though.

Yes... but what if the other guy has a gun?! You could defend yourself offering a free shave and then, after pampering your attacker with a hot towel, warm luxurious lather applied with a silvertip badger brush and some conversation about sports... WHAM! Sweeney Todd style! That's the only way I can imagine a straight razor as a weapon... But I guess it would take some time and a barber chair as an accessory to murder...

Anything that can fold up on the fingers holding it makes for a chancy weapon for the holder and a possible weapon for the adversary who may be able to close that blade on the fingers that hold it. If you want an edged weapon for a knife fight, get a properly designed Bowie. Used by someone who knows its use won't necessarily render the adversary into his component parts, but it most likely will leave some of his parts laying around.

Originally Posted by chee16

this reminded me of a quote from one of Bruce Lees books on training where he states that someone with a weapon is usually easier to defend against because you typically know where the attack is coming from, because who pulls out a knife and then hits you with the opposite hand. i know that Lee wasn't the first one to state this but i am not a martial arts person so it kind of stuck in my head. (sorry this isn't exactly on topic).

i tried to tell my dad that a straight razor is less dangerous in a fight then a regular knife with a point and he wasn't buying it. i have never been in any significant fight, let alone a knife fight but i can't believe that a straight would be easy to stab with, and slashing wouldn't be all that easy either since the blade doesn't lock. i am in no way trained in such matters though.

You are right, the razor has only the slashing motion, the knife can stick as well as slash and it can slash much deeper.

I'll take a plain old sturdy knife any day of the week as a weapon over a straight. That's a no-brainer. BTW, if someone knows how to use edged weapons, you probably won't know they have it until it's too late.

Jordan

I have never observed or participated in a razor fight although i have seen the results of a razor slash.
Leaves a wicked looking scar.

In my opinion the bowie is the perfect edged weapon. It will slash, penetrate and chop.

A man armed with a well designed Bowie who has some fencing knowledge and the will to use the knife is dangerous.

Anytime an edged weapon enters the scene the price of poker goes up!

My personal favorite edged weapon is the Al Mar Warrior - though no longer made it has all the attributes of the bowie and is adaptable to several other methods of use. However it requires some study in its application.

I would take this any day over a razor.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/finer...my-knifes.html

It depends who's holding it. You can kill someone with a key, or a pencil, or two fingers for that matter.
I'm sure it would make quick work living up to it's name as a "Cut throat razor". Granted, it's not a combat Ka Bar knife, or Glock, but it'd work.
How many guys who chimed in have actual combat experience?

ANYTHING can be used as a weapon, just that some things are better than others...


Marines had it right w/ the K-bar, much better than a strait....

Razor sharp wits are probably the most effective weapon.

Razors were weapons used by youth gangs in the 1950s and the idea there wasn't to dispatch someone but rather to just slice them up. Used by a skilled knifefighter you can do some real damage but the only really vulnerable area for a razor is the neck. You don't have to cut deep but you have to get close and be very fast.