I used the "itallian" method to tighen on a cog this weekend. My chainwhip broke, so i tightened the cog on by hand. Then used this method to tighten the cog (I've done this before to loosen a cog). Well, I ended up with a stripped hub at the end of this.

I think the hub was about to go anyway. I did not cross thread the cog when I screwed it on. Now I have a nice Pro Max freewheel hub.