Mark McFadden@warnerbros.com
Sent: 19 January 1999 20:54
Subject: DG: Tradecraft - dirty fighting
Davide Mana jammed on the theme of Tradecraft and Green Boxes and laid down:
> "The side panels contained razor, shaving cream, blades, comb,
> compressed dates,"
snip!
> Also note that some of the things listed are subtler than they seem:
> the razor is a formidable weapon in close quarters, and is perfectly
> legal (AFAIK);

In this case the razor is very legal because it's a safety razor; that's why blades are listed after shaving cream. But don't despair, it's still a formidable weapon at close quarters.
First: remove blade from safety razor. Grasp head of safety razor in fist with handle protruding between middle and ring finger. Punch the bejesus out of opponents as if using a punch dagger or kubotan. A solid blow to the eye or temple will probably be fatal. Open hand techniques can be used without letting go of the weapon.
James Bond used this trick in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (the novel), he wore his heavy gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual diving watch on his other hand as a knuckle-duster.
Second: the razor blades can be useful all over the place. Laid flat in the large end of your tie for later retrieval. Embedded in the sole of the shoe with an edge or corner exposed, an old Irish-American street gang trick. Held between fore- and middle finger for a surprise slash attack. Embedded in a piece of wood like the LA "zoot stick", a solid blow is blunt trauma, a glancing blow bleeds like a mofo.

Mark McFadden
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