Talk:Peaky Blinders
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Razors
editRe the name 'peaky blinders' - according to the article razors would have been too expensive for them to buy. They were a criminal gang - they didn't need to buy them - they would have just stolen them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:3D84:D900:4124:BE77:3E53:33D7 (talk) 13:04, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
"Depressed Lapel"
editI have an interest in the history of men's fashion, and while I'm not an expert, I have no clue what "depressed lapel" means. The link only goes to the page about Overcoats, which doesn't clarify. a Google search only brings up this page, and people wearing lapel pins about depression. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrCube82 (talk • contribs) 14:40, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
- It's not an item that exists, so I have removed it from the article. --Jasca Ducato (talk | contributions) 15:23, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Peaked cap vs. flat cap
editThere is no such thing as a peaked flat cap. A peaked cap is one with a stiff, raised crown, as in military and police caps. A flat cap is one with a soft crown that lies flat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nasty swimmer (talk • contribs) 19:02, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
confusing terminology throughout
editThe article employs some confusing terminology that would benefit from being rewritten. For example, in the lede it cites "...lapel overcoats, button waistcoats..." These are nonsensical, as all overcoats are presumed to have lapels, and all waistcoats, to have buttons. When describing the turf wars the gangs engaged in, it says things like "Their first activities primarily revolved around occupying favourable land..." and "He initiated many of the land grabs undertaken by the gang." A "land grab" is commonly understood to refer to something that nations or populations within them engage in, not gangs. "Land" is something that one permanently possesses, by legal right or by force -- as in the actual ground underneath buildings, or agricultural land, or some other property. Again, the word used when referring to gangs fighting over the areas within cities, or the territories in which they operate, is "turf". Bricology (talk) 22:36, 20 May 2020 (UTC)