Aaaarrgh!!!

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Clay Kesting

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So there I am at 5 a.m. this morning, with the sun not yet risen, standing outside my house waiting for my sister and her family to arrive so that I can drive them to the airport to catch a flight to New Zealand. To keep my self amused I'm practising quick draws with my G10 Harpy from its Mike Sastre neck sheath under my T-shirt (well, what else would you do at that hour of the morning). Anyway I'm trying to draw and open in one movement but things go wrong and the blade swings back between my thumb and finger and forward again to take a huge slice through the flesh at the base of my index finger, boy that point is sharp. At that very moment my sister arrives so all I can do is quickly put the knife in my pocket and wrap my handkerchief tightly around my hand. I mean, would you admit what you had been doing? I keep plenty of pressure on it on the way to the aiport, keep my hand in my pocket while they unload the car and hope that they don't notice that I avoid shaking hands. Then it's off to Casualty to get the wound dressed and back home before my wife realises how long I've been gone (fat chance,"you and your knives"). At least she's just cut herself for the second time on her new Ladybug. Don't you sometimes wish Spyderco knives weren't quite so sharp
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Clay

Don't worry that the world might end tomorrow....in Australia it's tomorrow already.
 
That sounds painful Clay.

I, too, have a few scars on my hands from knife(mis)handling over the years. I use them as sales aids to show customers what the knives they are looking at are capable of.

I even managed to cut myself in front of a customer once while demonstrating a REKAT Pocket Hobbit. It must have impressed him. He bought the knife.
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I don't recommend it as a frequent sales strategy though. Its kind of messy and the wife gets really pissed when she has to bandage up the hand again. Besides, some customers get a little queasy at the sight of blood.

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Dennis Wright
Wright Knife & Sporting Goods
(Buy a knife...confuse a liberal)
La Mesa, CA
1-800-400-1980
wrightknife@ixpres.com

 
Clay... I think I heard your "Arghh" all the way to this country! lol...

Anyway, sorry to hear about that. The nastiest cut I ever got was from a Spyderco BF Native (yep, remember that?) and it still holds the record as being the only knife to cut my finger without me noticing it even!

It'll heal up nicely, I'm sure.
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Dan
 
Ouch! I felt a sympathy pain.
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I know that dumb, oh-sh**, I did it again feeling.

Is it just me or is it true that when we get/handle better knives we cut ourselves more often? Or is that when we handle more knives we cut ourselves more often. Hmmm. . . . just wondering.

I have to remind myself to not get careless AND that a good knife is supposed to cut AND will do its job well. Sometimes my knives nip me a little just to remind me!

Quick and full healing to all. Keep the neosporin handy!
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This is a common thing for me and most of my knife pals.I quit feeling stupid about it after an Indian friend told me that a man and his knife became blood brothers when this occurs. Neosporin with Lidocaine in the cream form under a 3mm Nexcare foam band aid will really fix this up.(Much in the field research done on this one). I have a friend who has a knife store with a counter sign that states"You cut your self with one of these,you have bonded with the knife and have to purchase it".

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Thanks for all the sympathy fellas. I particularly like lb's idea that I have now bonded with the knife. However I think for future bonding I'll restrict myself to a little nick rather than something quite as big as this. I should have insisted on stitches at the hospital, as it was they sent me away with a single Steristrip across the cut and only put a dressing on it when I complained. It took me four strips to close it up to my satisfaction and stop the bleeding
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. Anyway it feels good this morning and has closed up nicely.

BTW, what is Neosporin, not sure that it's available here?

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Clay

Don't worry that the world might end tomorrow....in Australia it's tomorrow already.
 
Neosporin is a triple-antibiotic, like Cortizone. It basically helps small cuts heal faster. I tried to swing my Cold Steel XL Voyager shut like a Spyderco. You have to use more force, as it isn't as slick in its opening. Between the increase in force, and that big ol' blade, I had a pretty little nick on my index finger. The fear was worse than the pain, though. I realized halfway through the maneuver what I had done. I bet my eyes bugged out for a second!

Howie
 
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