BM 710 - Doorbell to Band-Aid in Seven Minutes...

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Sierra1

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Hey Team!

Just set a new record for cutting myself. UPS just rang the bell and dropped off my new BM 710. I picked it up, took it inside, and was wiping it down w/ CLP when OOPS!, I managed to slice the back of my right middle finger. Total elapsed time: less than 7 minutes.

That's gotta be some kind of a record!

My wife and kids think I need serious help. They may be right...

Sierra1
 
hehe, I think I have the dubious honor of having you beat. BK&T Patrol Machete, took the knife from the porch, straight into the kitchen, took it out of the sleeve to wipe off the goop that they ship Beckers with to protect the edge with a paper towel. I swear I was stroking away from the edge, but the recurve caught me! Right thumb:(
Great factory edge on the PM, btw...

Hope you enjoy your knife (710-great choice), now that you've "bonded" with it:p
 
I did my finger within five minutes of having my PCKS Buck 110. The serrations got me by accident and I didn't even know it. There I was just feeling the knife out, when I noticed a stain on the stag handle. The stain was from blood running down my finger. Buck serrations are wicked!!!
 
I ceremoniously draw a deep cut across my palm as soon as I get any new blade. Then I make pancakes with the blood.

Not really.

-Al-
 
Got you all beat. As soon as I even think about getting a new knife, I grab the nearest sharp object and slash my thumb with it. Just for fun.

Hey, I'm kidding!:eek:
 
I have you all beat!!

I cut myself with a CS Gunsite before I even bought it!!! That tricky detent lockback design CS uses caught me by surprise and the serrated part closed full force on top of my index finger. Dead center on my first knuckle. I still can't feel my finger from the knuckle up on rainy days!
 
I've got an even better(actually dumber)... story, I cut myself looking at a nice Benchmade in a knife shop years ago... pretty bad cut (still carry the scar) anyway, bled like a stuck pig... dripping blood all over the counter and on the floor... luckly the kid behind the counter had a couple of good old band-aids to stop the flow.

The saddest part of the story was the carpet had the blood stains on it for a couple of months before they got them out...! Nothing worse than a knife shop with blood stains on the floor.:eek:

Oh well, live and learn.
 
LMFAO PryBar!!! Ok I actually can see myself going into a shop like that and seeing the blood..hehehehe... :D Of course sheeple would walk right back out :rolleyes: But not I... love the smell of blood in a knife shop.... :D
 
Sierra - Some people have complained that Benchmades are not always sharp out of the box. I guess that wasn't a problem for you! :D
 
Now thinking back about that...

It might have been handled differently today... with AIDS and all the blood born pathogen stuff today... :p

They would of made me buy the knife for sure... probably shut the store down until the place was steam cleaned or some such nonsense.

I'll have to remember that story.... but honey, they made me buy this knive after I bled all over it...:D
 
I had a customer last year that has you all beat, new guy to the shop . He looked at several knives through the display case then asked to see the large CS Voyager with the full serrated blade. As I took the knife out of the case and handed it to him I said " Be careful it's very sharp." He came back with "I know how to test for sharpness." He then took the knife in his right hand and pushed his thumb along the edge about 1". The skin and muscle parted just like it's supposed to. I don't know if he hit bone but it had to be close. I was shocked because 2 seconds before I had warned him about the sharp blade. He was shocked also! The brainiac then dropped the knife on the glass counter. Blood poured from the large deep cut all over the counter and my carpet runner in front of the display case. I quickly turned to get the band-aid box and when I turned around he was on his way out the door to his car. I ran after him to try to help but he jumped in his car and sped away. He left a blood trail a blind man could follow from the counter to his car. I guess he was too embarrassed because he never came back. :eek: Can anyone beat that one? Buy the way if he's reading this , come on back to the shop I promise not to ever use your name.;)
 
Thanks guys!

You have no idea how much better I feel. Gotta tell you, I felt pretty silly when I did it. Now I just feel like "one of the club". Sometimes when I get a new knife, it's kinda like Bill Murray muttering,"Licensed to kill gophers...." in Caddyshack.

Nathan: Nope - initial sharpness was not an issue for me. The scary part is - after I tuned it up a little, it is REALLY, REALLY sharp. Like "shaves little curly slivers of fine paper" sharp.:eek: :eek: :eek:

Stomper: Man, oh man, I'ma countin' the days. I promise to be bewwy bewwy careful.

Thanks again everybody. Glad to hear that I am equally as afflicted as the rest o'you'se guys!
Sierra1
 
I got my 8" Hossom Fighter - this thing is SCARY sharp.

I play with it a little - great balance and feel.

Then I try to reverse the grip - BIG MISTAKE - the handles on the Hossom are made to stay in your hand no matter what - if the knife is stuck in something or hits something - the pinky finger will hold on to it using the butt of the handle.

Same also gets in the way of regular forward-to-reverse manipulation.

Well - the knife fumbles out of my hand and lands on top of it - hitting it in 3 different spots and SHAZAM - three clean cuts flowing with blood.

Now - I am in my office - and have to get to the first aid kit without getting my employees faint from the amount of blood gushing…

Have you ever tried to apply pressure to three different cuts with your week hand…
Very funny…

I then emailed Jerry and told him about it - and he said - every fighting knife must drink some blood to become a true fighter...but I shouldn't worry - most get their thirst quenched while still in his shop...LOL
 
I can recall when I was about 9 years old and I found an old knife on my neibours fence post my father sharpened it for me, within the next couple of days I cut myself three times befor my mother took the knife from me:( .
 
And I thought I was the only one. I got a Carson Model 16, and I cut myself playing with it while driving. This made me see the light, I no longer play with knives while I drive:D
 
Hey DBH, driving and knife play must be an Indiana thing.

The first and last time I did this was during rush hour. I had a Timberline Discovery Lock. Now we all know this particular model has an assisted opening. I failed to remember this and the knife fell from my hands. Wanting to save my precious car interior (read: stupid mistake) I grabbed for it. I paid dearly for that action. A nice slice across my index finger. It's a good thing my steering wheel isn't leather wrapped, because it would've been ruined by my bloody mistake.
 
It must be a stupid Hoosier thing. They say there is more than corn in Indiana, and I think they mean the idiots that play with knives while driving their automobiles, or tractors, or buggys...
 
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