Good Aussies never used knives - it's the immigrant's fault.....
.The razor is more effective than the revolver as a cash extractor. The sheen of its bright blade close to the cheek puts deadly fear into the heart of the victimRazor gangs are terrorizing the underworld of Darlinghurst, that region of Bohemia, crime and mystery. The razors its members carry in their hands are feared far more than the revolver of the ordinary crook. Men who will defy the black muzzle quail before the bright blade held threateningly to their cheek. But even with their faces slashed open, victims refuse to speak when questioned by police. They know too well the fate that awaits them once the gang learns that they have allowed resentment to get the better of discretion. So they remain silent, and prefer to attempt revenge in their own way. It is all an underworld affair, to be settled in the underworlds own drastic way and that is why a deep veil of mystery shrouds a carnival of bloodletting. Many have pledged themselves to get each other and there are at least two men who, should they meet face to face in their peregrinations, will stage a combat that should be short, sharp and utterly decisive
From 1927 through to 1930 there were more than 500 recorded razor attacks, and these were the ones reported. I am certain there would be many more victims who kept silent.
So widespread was the use of the razor that in the late 1927 alone, (the early days of razor gang wars), police confiscated 66 razors from suspects searched in connections with crimes." http://www.rayfloro.com/?p=34
