A razor blade in my bra? Ouch!
OTOH, I know a well-endowed lady who keeps cash in her bosom when she’s not carrying a purse. She calls it “The Left Bank.”
The only person I’ve ever heard of carrying a razor for protection is the fictional Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, from the South Side of Chicago, who has “a razor in his shoe,” according to Jim Croce. Carrying something as small as a razor for a self defense weapon seems like a really horrible idea.
My ex-girlfriend used to carry a huge switchblade in her purse. It was a gift from her ex-husband, presumably to fend off horny men.
The problem with things like knives and mace and razors is that you have to be physically close to your attacker for them to work. And then you’re unlikely to deliver a death blow. So all your going to accomplish is hurting your attacker and that’ll make them even madder and more violent. A woman is more apt to have her weapon taken off her and used against her, even when she’s able to use the weapon and strike a first blow.
This is why things like this often fail to work.
Markxxx, I realize that. But think of it like your fists. If someone attacks you out of the blue, and all you have are your fists, then you are going to get to swinging. (providing they aren’t holding you at gunpoint).
A woman feels the same way. But since she doesn’t have the power behind her fists that you do (typically) then she may appreciate having something a bit more lethal to work with. Yes, it’s possible that someone can take it from me. I still like to think that I would fight back hard.
Depends on the kind of Mace you carry. Mine “streams” continuously, and reaches about 10-12 feet from me. It’s not that keychain spray crap. It’s in a larger canister, and is in gel form, meant to not just irritate the eyes of an attacker, but to stick to their face and “glue” their eyes shut (if you manage to hit them in the eyes with it).
Anyway, properly using defense is imperative. Mace isn’t a weapon, it’s a brief deterrent, meant to make an attacker pause long enough for me to run away. Once blinded, an attacker still bent on getting at me will lunge in the direction he saw me last. Spray - dodge - run like hell. The knife, unless it’s bring pried out of my hand, will do a bit of damage if someone tries to grab it - it’s really sharp, and if someone tried to grab it by the blade, it would go through quite a bit of flesh. I flicked it open and showed it to a guy once from about 20 feet away as he was starting to follow me down an alley. This one. He turned tail right quick.
I’m a believer that, for the most part, criminals are looking for an easy target. Women who are obviously aware of their surroundings, look passers-by in the eyes, look around the area as they go, and walk with purpose, are going to be left alone.
Sounds like you’re reading “razor” as “razor blade” rather than “straight razor.” A straight razor isn’t what I’d call small – it’s comparable to a knife, sort of a poor man’s switchblade. Not an ideal weapon, but a venerable one.
The only cat I know of who kept a razor -in his shoe no less- was this bad-ass MF’er from the south side of Chicago name of Leroy Brown. If I recall correctly, he also kept a .32 gun in what was referred to as his “pocketful of fun”.
Didn’t help much as one night he got his ass royally handed to him when he was scoping out some other dude’s broad.
It’s funny, I carry a box cutter with me but it isn’t for protection. Never know when you might need a knife. I keep a lighter around for the same reason. I guess I could try to use the knife for protection, but it’s at the bottom of my purse; by the time I’m sure I need it, it might take too long to get to it and get it open.
I’ve always heard that it was girls from the mountains of Lithuania. And Wales.
Right. Lithuanian girls of Spanish descent. And Wales.
Interesting. I had always assumed, when hearing about razors carried for self-defense that they were talking about the old-fashioned straight razors. Never thought about tiny razor blades being a weapon. On the subject of feminine defense, I’ve also heard of ice picks taped to a leg or concealed in clothing. The straight razor sounds like a much more formidable weapon.
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Spanish girls who rode to Lithuania on the backs of Wales?
“MarrrrUUUUUUUUUUppppFFFF!” <Splork-spray> *****
***** “…Oh, not again…!”
That’s “He got a .32 gun in his pocket for fun,” not “pocketful of fun”.
You assumed correctly. A straight razor is a razor, and the word “straight” is superfluous when it obviously is not, say, a safety razor.
I have never heard a razor blade referred to as just a razor. It isn’t a razor – it’s a blade. To avoid confusion (in this context) with a knife, one would have to use the complete phrase “razor blade.”
In sum, straight razor = razor, razor blade =/= razor.
Tupac played a character that kept a razor in his mouth between the gum and cheek. I had a friend who was inspired to try it out himself. I was convinced that he was going to slice a hole in his face, but he pulled it off flawlessly. Just like the character in the movie, with one quick motion he could spit the razor into his hand and slash. He claimed it was easy.
+1 guns are much better than razor blades.
Apparently, you never heard of Polk Salat Annie.
One does hear of people carrying straight razors for defense, and I’ve always assumed it was because they would somehow be less illegal than the less unwieldy knives they stood in for. Anyone who’s ever dealt with a straight razor could surely see how difficult it would be to work with it in a fight – good for slashing at best, and that with not much strength behind it even if you’re willing to pinch your fingers. As for a loose double-edge razor blade, uh-uh. Maybe on the end of some channel-lock pliers, but as a weapon in itself? Pure Darwin Award bait.
What about guns that shoot out razor blades?
Wow; keeping razor blades in your bra sounds a bit dangerous but keeping a brazier in there is a whole new level of impressive. And wouldn’t the cash burn up?