Thread: unorthodox use of a Cutthroat

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.

Originally Posted by Cevulirn

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.

My mistake, I assumed you were talking about a functional shave ready razor........

I use a beat up griffon for cutting the patch material before raming that 45 caliber round ball down the barrel of my flintlock, works great !!

when I cant find my cigar cutter I use an old pakistani to notch a v in the end of one....that way I at least get some use out of it.

nearly cried though when I saw a post on a knife makeing forum about turning old straight razors into wood carveing knives...sacriligous bast**ds