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#220 | The Real Peaky Blinders

English Learning for Curious Minds

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The Peaky Blinders TV Series

The peke blinders t v series has the characters all wearing a particular type of hat that would be pulled down over their heads. And in the hat, these men would have put sharp razor blades that they would use to slash, to cut their enemies faces. But there is simply no evidence that the hats were ever used as weapons. These men would use hammers, bricks and heavy belts to fight. A hat, even if it had a sharp razor blade in it, would just not be a very good weapon in the kind of fight that they would be involved in. The sort of small, disposable razors that they use in the t v series weren't actually invented until the

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