Other Razor Gangs
Apart from a shared modus operandi, there seems to be no evidence that demonstrates any direct causal linkage between Glasgow razor gangs and Australia's Sydney-based razor gang rivalries, which arose from handgun prohibition in the late twenties and the utility of cutthroat razors to inflict harm against adversaries.
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