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

Yes, but not because of my knives.
I have been bitten once by an EDC knife - a close knife (Kizer Feist) fell between my headboard and mattress. I foolishly made a blind grab for it when it was beneath my bed. Turned out to be partially open.
Sharp little SOB.
 
dsalazar said:
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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Two things:

1. Not many of us service pools.
2. That's not gonna stop the blood flowing; compression is needed.

I will try it next time, after I stop the bleeding. I've not been fortunate enough to have these cuts that don't bleed for awhile...
 
Smaug said:
Two things:

1. Not many of us service pools.
2. That's not gonna stop the blood flowing; compression is needed.

I will try it next time, after I stop the bleeding. I've not been fortunate enough to have these cuts that don't bleed for awhile...
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You are very correct in both. But I'm sure there are people who work with there hands. Construction, outdoors, even in an office setting you are constantly touching things. Of course compression stops the bleeding that is a fact. It would be hard to seal a wound that's still bleeding. I'm just referring to the sealing of the wound is all. Different strokes for different folks.
 
FullMetalJackass said:
I do, in bulk actually

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I'll have to check next time I'm in a drug store, but is liquid band-aid available in Canada?
 
I worked with knives in hand every day of my career till retirement so minor cuts were a routine part of daily life. Ironically, I nicked myself while handling a Hinderer at the NYC Knife Show last month. What a wicked edge. Very clean but tiny cut that wouldn’t close with compression so I wandered around while pressing my finger for the rest of the afternoon. Pretty funny actually.
 
I've always kept some band-AIDS around the house. I haven't bought more because of knives. Then again, I've been into knives since the 1970s.

Liquid band-aid/bandage works well in some areas, but for me, I've found that it doesn't stay on certain areas of the hand. I'm a professional massage therapist, and besides the obvious, I'm also constantly washing my hands at work. It works OK on the back of the hand, but most cuts occur on the fingers and front of the hand. Liquid band-aid comes right off the front of the hand/fingers during hand washing, and I will not touch another person with a cut hand until it's healed closed. I've taken a few days off, or if it's on the pad of a finger, bandaid it with the 'butterfly'-style band-AIDS, and use only nine of my fingers, keeping the injured one well up and away.

This rarely ever happens, as I'm very careful with my knives. I'm especially attentive now, ever since a serious accident 3.5 years ago with a Cold Steel Code 4 cut the tendon at the last knuckle of my R. index finger. That put me out of work for 4 months(!), with therapy.

Jim
 
Murindo said:
The balisong flipper community gets the most cuts and they use bandaids and super glue.
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Yes, there is a lot of truth to this.

However, some of us run out of both, and finally realize we suck bad enough at this that we need a trainer Bali.

So now I flip a trainer and leave the Band-Aids to the kids. I don't cut myself with any other kind of knife.
 
WoundSeal works great on bleeders that would take more than one bandaid. It looks awful and stings worse than betadine, but it clots the wound and has built in antiseptic. It's a powder, so it doesn't go solid in the tube like superglue, and your wife won't make a fuss over all of those blood-tinged dots of superglue on the sink. Leave no trace.....
 
I've gotten bit a few times recently, mostly from carelessness on my part. Super glue and band-aids ftw! Although, I should probably pick up a tube of that medical grade super glue that is sterile and contains an anti-bacterial.
 
I don't wish to sidetrack the thread, but I find many products listed under medical super glue.:confused: It sounds like a good thing to have around; what is a good, certified medical brand?
 
katanas said:
I don't wish to sidetrack the thread, but I find many products listed under medical super glue.:confused: It sounds like a good thing to have around; what is a good, certified medical brand?
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Medique 92812 Liquid Skin is supposed to be pretty good. You can find 10 pks of single use tubes on ebay or amazon for around 10 bucks. There's also Vetbond, it's just 2-octyl cyanoacrylate, a sterile form of super glue. Or like mentioned above there's WoundSeal that stops bleeding and closes up the cut.
 
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dsalazar said:
Or your kids who are curious
Edit if you have kids. Mine already has his picked out when he gets older. I can't have anything Nice
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My oldest said to his friend, "I don't need to cut anything. I have my Dad." I knew kids eventually think of parents as tools, but I didn't think it was in this particular way. He already has his own tomahawk that he likes, but the baby HI kukri i got him doesn't interest him at all. Both my boys like axes and couldn't care less about knives--go figure.
 
When I first started using knives in a serious way(work and bushcraft) I would get bit every now and again but not much anymore. I get cut by cardboard on the regular though.

The real question I have is what kind of bubble do you live in where you never need a bandaid? Or do just bleed all over things? :confused:
 
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