Williams v. Commonwealth

In Williams v. Commonwealth, Ky., 304 Ky. 761, 202 S.W.2d 408 (1947), the Court held a razor to be a deadly weapon when it stated: "Counsel's contention that a razor could not come within the scope and purview of this law, though confessedly a most deadly weapon, because it was designed for a lawful purpose, is not well taken. When and while used, or intended for use, as an article of the toilet, it is not, nor need not be, concealed, but the man who carries it upon his person hidden from the public view, arms himself with a weapon deadly in its nature and merciless in its power to do harm, and is, in our opinion, as guilty of a violation of the law as he who so carries the pistol, dirk or the sling-shot. (Williams, 202 S.W.2d at 409.)