Anyone else buy band-aides since they started collecting knifes?

Lots of bandaides in our house. We buy them and misplace the box and buy another box. Repeat. I haven't cut myself enough for a bandaide in quite a while.
 
Smaug said:
It takes guts to admit we need band-aids.

I have to admit: for me, I get bitten when I'm fiddling with a shiv while drinking and watching TV. If I was only doing two of those three things, I'd be OK.
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If you designate a Dull knife for fiddling then you can continue to do all three things :) Cheers
 
I do, in bulk actually

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For some reason it tingles inside, when i get a cut and dont feel itfor a couple seconds. That's s how you know the knife is really sharp. Its like a doctor's scalpel.
 
Tseg said:
^^^^ I agree with this. This morning I was opening and closing a basket weave Damascus blade and all of a sudden I see a flayed piece of skin dangling from my middle finger. I stare at it as it doesn't look too deep. Twenty seconds later it starts to bleed. It was like out of a scene like The Kingsman where the guy gets sliced from stem to stern and 20 seconds later he splits in two.
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Good I'm not the only one of my worst I was getting used to a Buck Metro several years ago opening and closing it. And than I looked down and saw a weird flesh colored thing on the table that wasnt there before. I poked it and thought that is weird I think it's a large chunk of skin.

I inspected my hands and found a chunk of my thumb missing but not a drop of blood. Which was really weird as I really did have a big chunk missing. So I poked it. Nothing, so I poked it again...

Oh the blood, took 40min of direct pressure to get that under control to get a bandaid on it. I thought that Buck Metro was puny and not much use, oh proved me wrong. Worse cut I've ever had.
 
LOL! I've been into this for a year and I'm still "bonding" with my knives. +1 on the liquid bandage, though a couple times I had a real bleeder which needed some bandage pressure.
 
A few months ago, I kept abusing my left hand. The first thing I did was smash my thumb with a framing hammer. No band aid needed for that, but it left a big bloody bruise under the nail. A week later I wasn't paying attention as I was swinging my hatchet to make kindling. I had raised the head above my left hand holding the small log I was working on. Whacked open the heel of my palm at the base of my thumb above the wrist. That was a moment. I thought at first I lucked out and didn't manage to break the skin as I could not find a cut (the hatchet is razor sharp). Then about 10 seconds later I found the wound as blood began gushing out. Bandaid required. The thumb is still an ugly mess, but that hatchet cut healed in a week and left only a faint scar.
Always thankful for having a bandaid around, though I tend not to use them unless I make a boo boo I would rather not look at.
 
When i got my first big fixed blade and went for camping , i cut my hand in 3 places within first 10 minutes of using it . 1. when i was taking the knife out of sheath 2. while batoning and trying to pull out blade from wood and 3. When was trying to put the knife back to sheath . I felt my self like a city gently boy lol. Happens when you live too long in City and do not use big knives for long time.
 
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I don't mind the scars or blood it the dam infection you can get. A tiny cut or finger prick. You touch the wrong thing and you need a tetnous. Let an animal lick it and hope you don't get a disease. Forget the cut there cutting off your hand after that.
 
Not sure about everyone else.... And I'm positive we all learn at different speeds... But it only took a couple cuts for me to learn how to avoid said cuts... I'm not sure if I follow or subscribe to the theory that the longer you own knives, the more complacent you become which makes you more susceptible to cuts... Seems the opposite would be closer to the truth.
 
dsalazar said:
I don't mind the scars or blood it the dam infection you can get. A tiny cut or finger prick. You touch the wrong thing and you need a tetnous. Let an animal lick it and hope you don't get a disease. Forget the cut there cutting off your hand after that.
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Let me reply to this. Since I got back into knives, I have cut myself about once a week. Stupid, clumsy SoB. But I tell you what, I know how to treat the wound properly, at least!

1. Get a bottle of hydrogen peroxide (HyPer) from the pharmacy, and some Q-tips
2. Get a tube of bacytracin or other triple antibiotic ointment
3. Get some good band-aids

When you cut yourself, first thing is to stop the bleeding. Hold the hand above the head and apply pressure for awhile.

Once it slows down, band-aid it tightly until it stops bleeding.

Then, dip a Q-tip in the HyPer. get ready for the pain and swab the cut. The sizzle means it's killing germs, you dirty SoB. Then, put a tiny amount of bacitracin on the cut, and band-aid it again.

Clean that cut twice a day with HyPer. Don't wash your hands. Use the other hand to wipe yourself. You can use the hand santizer, if you have some around.

If you do this ^ it will heal twice as quickly, and with less pain than if you hadn't kept it properly clean.

There's no excuse to have an infected cut in this day and age.
 
Smaug said:
Let me reply to this. Since I got back into knives, I have cut myself about once a week. Stupid, clumsy SoB. But I tell you what, I know how to treat the wound properly, at least!

1. Get a bottle of hydrogen peroxide (HyPer) from the pharmacy, and some Q-tips
2. Get a tube of bacytracin or other triple antibiotic ointment
3. Get some good band-aids

When you cut yourself, first thing is to stop the bleeding. Hold the hand above the head and apply pressure for awhile.

Once it slows down, band-aid it tightly until it stops bleeding.

Then, dip a Q-tip in the HyPer. get ready for the pain and swab the cut. The sizzle means it's killing germs, you dirty SoB. Then, put a tiny amount of bacitracin on the cut, and band-aid it again.

Clean that cut twice a day with HyPer. Don't wash your hands. Use the other hand to wipe yourself. You can use the hand santizer, if you have some around.

If you do this ^ it will heal twice as quickly, and with less pain than if you hadn't kept it properly clean.

There's no excuse to have an infected cut in this day and age.
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I service pools and band aids are a no go. Liquid band aid is the way to go. After cleaning and dealing with liquid band aid you don't have to worry about liquid getting in cut. Use a waterproof band aid and water still gets under. That liquid band aid seals the wound. Try it out next time it works 10 times better.
 
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Liquid bandaid works pretty dang good. I had a nasty cut and I work in a yard around dirt and dust all the time. So much that I'm on my 4th keyboard in my booth this year as it can't keep up with the environment to give you an idea.

I didnt trust a bandaid to cut it with the location on my thumb as it was difficult to apply properly and make sure it stayed sealed. So I got liquid bandaid and reapplied it multiple times a day but the minor annoyance paid off. It healed up nicely and was kept clean. I was expecting a scar but I don't have one.
 
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