PEAKY BLINDERS would not have worn the infamous razor blade caps as shown in the hit TV show, a historian has revealed. By Josh Saunders 19:19, Sat, Nov 7, 2020 ...

What's On; Arts & Culture; Peaky Blinders; The TRUTH behind Peaky Blinders: no razor blades in caps - but city's real gangsters were brutal Birmingham historian Carl Chinn says the city's gangs of ...

Cillian Murphy says Peaky Blinders will 'return to its roots' in season four But these fictional characters echo a truth that is just as dramatic, bloody and compelling as the weekly plot lines.

The razor-blade-in-cap idea may also not have been possible at the time. The real Peaky Blinders were defeated in 1910 by a rival gang and had disappeared from the scene by the outbreak of the ...

What is your favorite television show about a British crime family that hides razor blades in their hats? Mine is probably Peaky Blinders. I guess that’s kind of a narrow category, though. Even ...

As for the razor blade myth, the Gillette company didn’t introduce the first disposable razor blade until 1903, and they weren’t manufactured in Great Britain until 1908. The Peaky Blinders ...

The real Peaky Blinders gang originated in the 1890s, but disposable or replaceable razor blades weren't invented until 1903, when the American Gillette company introduced replaceable safety razors.

Birmingham historian Carl Chinn says the city's gangs of the 1920s and the real Billy Kimber were stylish, cunning and ruthless - just like Thomas Shelby and his crew ...

Peaky Blinders has placed Irishman Cillian Murphy in the spotlight but how true is it? Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to our newsletter We have more ...