Thread: unorthodox use of a Cutthroat

Originally Posted by Noisykids

my finger, my lip, my cheek, my chin

Yup, I've cut all those, too. But Luke, notice he didn't say he cut his throat. I don't mean to complain, but I've never been fond of the name "cutthroat." A cutthroat is someone you don't want meet in an alley.

Slicing raw fish for sushi/sashimi. Probably the only use I've put a razor to other than shaving that actually works very well.

If I recall there was a scene in 'Goodfellas' where, while in prison, some second generation Italian gangsters, one of which was played by De Niro, used a double edge blade to finely slice garlic for a pasta dish.

Other than that, I have never seen a shaving instrument put towards an effective use other than shaving, which brings me to this point: why bother to use a tool other than for what it was meant for? You'll likely damage it, yourself, another, or another's property, particularly if it is a sharp object.

Originally Posted by Scipio

If I recall there was a scene in 'Goodfellas' where, while in prison, some second generation Italian gangsters, one of which was played by De Niro, used a double edge blade to finely slice garlic for a pasta dish.

You are right about the garlic going into a tomato sauce but you are incorrect about the actor it was actually Paul Sorvino, playing Paul Cicero and he was using a single edge razor. Robert De Niro played Jimmy Conway an Irish man who worked for Paul Cicero. It's a great movie and one of my favourites.

I've used an olde razor to cut leather and foam, and it held up just fine. It was a near wedge though, I wouldn't use a hollow ground, to fragile.

Originally Posted by Cevulirn

I've used an olde razor to cut leather and foam, and it held up just fine. It was a near wedge though, I wouldn't use a hollow ground, to fragile.

Held up fine for THAT task, but you likely took off the shaving edge.....

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Held up fine for THAT task, but you likely took off the shaving edge.....

That would imply that it had a shaving edge in the past 50 years I keep on telling myself I'm going to make some scales for it, and get it properly honed up.... Still haven't gotten around to it though.

The electrical tape for honing another razor.

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I use a Puma shorty as a letter opener.

When I was in elementary many moons and several continents ago we used DE blades, that we freely bought in the corner store at the sweet age of six or seven, to sharpen pencils. So much so that someone came up with a holder that you could buy at the same store - but nobody did. I favored Wilkinson, because they were shinny, but the common ones were blue Gillette. Incidentally, we called them all Gillette, which infuriated my grand father who called them "shaving sheets".

I've used a Chinese razor looking instrument for opening boxes, but it isn't all that great for it.