5 Bite.

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So there I am trying to be the good hubby and make a nice fire on a cold Upstate, NY night. I'm having the time of my life splitting ash (very hard wood by the way) when my 5 gets hung up in a piece. I yank it free but in the process feel a sudden cold/burning sensation in my left thumb.

Holy Crap, this knife is sharp. I had just re-profiled and polished the edge and shaved the top of my hand with ease. Well, it went through the skin with the same ease.

My wife sees me dart into the house and into the basement to take the obligatory photo. She comes downstairs to see what is up and sees the bloody paper towel now against my hand. Her exact words are, "am I driving to the hospital now, or can you handle it." She also made sure to tell me there is something terribly wrong with me if the first thing that pops into my head when I cut myself is “I have to take a picture for the guys.”

I've driven more times than I care to remember. Ever since I discovered Superglue, unless I actually remove a body part, I’m gluing it closed. All you have to do is stop the bleeding and get the glue in there, seal it up and voila, you are back in business. In this case, that means back out into the garage and back to splitting. There was fire to be made darn it!!

Enjoy!


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Ha! that's what you get for trying to destroy it's brother!

;)

Just kidding man, hope that heels up nice!
 
Could it be the 5 is angry over the beating you gave it? It probably forgot about that by now. Be careful man.

God bless,
Adam
 
Ouch, nice cut.

If you don't want the ER to stitch you up, I'd at least recommend some SteriStrips over something like SuperGlue which has toxic chems. Either way, at least that knife is razor sharp!
 
Holy crap! I haven't gotten bitten lately but when I'm using a knife and grab out a camera I get the same reaction from the wife...:p

Thanks for sharing.
 
Damn, man.

It looks like it didn't go deep enough to get stitches, but it looks like it is a pretty big gash. Would you mind taking some pics of it superglued up? I'm interested to see how well superglue would work on a cut like that....it looks like a slightly angled slash. How deep is it?
 
Damn man!:eek: Good thing it was a sharp knife I would hate to think what a dull one would do. Heal up .
 
Damn, man.

It looks like it didn't go deep enough to get stitches, but it looks like it is a pretty big gash. Would you mind taking some pics of it superglued up? I'm interested to see how well superglue would work on a cut like that....it looks like a slightly angled slash. How deep is it?

Of course, after the obligatory picture, I got out the tire tread depth guage and jammed into my fresh gash. Just a hair under 3/16".
 
Ouch!

My brother is a Doc at Vandy and when I got bit recently he gave me some grief for using superglue (something about the chemicals in it) and he told me to go buy the stuff that is specifically for cuts. I guess it's by the band-aids. I haven't remembered to do it yet.
 
First and foremost, heal up! Second, your wife's reaction gave me a good laugh for the morning! Take care!
 
Ouch! Your wifes reaction to you quickly snapping a pic for the guys is priceless!
 
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